NewsWhore
10-19-2009, 03:50 PM
A mystery surrounds the disappearance of Juan Antonio Almonte, implicated in the kidnapping of young Eduardo Baldera Gomez. Sources have told Diario Libre that the mystery might be uncovered this week when DNA tests ordered by the television producer Nuria Piera on two burned bodies that were found last month are complete. The police are behind the uncertainty surrounding the disappearance of 50-year old Almonte, a leading member of the Mundo Political Movement. Last month the police reported that Almonte had been detained for questioning in connection with the highly publicized kidnapping case. They later said that they had not arrested him and that he had been declared a fugitive.
Relatives told Nuria Piera that after Almonte's disappearance and upon hearing that he had been implicated in the Baldera kidnapping, they went to the Police but were told that he was not detained or under arrest. In the middle of all this confusion, the Police searched Almonte's house where several relatives were arrested under the allegation that one of the ransom calls had been made from that residence. Statements from Almonte's family say that he was detained by a group of men and his car was left by the roadside on 28 September. Since then, nothing has been heard of him. Unfortunately for the family, on 29 September the bodies of two men were discovered in the trunk of a burned out Mitsubishi in Sierra Prieta, Yamasa, and it was said that one of the bodies was Almonte Herrera. However, the controversy arose because police agents stationed in Monte Plata said that one of the bodies was Almonte but neither of the two was identifiable because of the condition of the bodies. Statements made by family members to Piera indicated that they only had a vague idea that their relative was one of the victims, so the television personality ordered a DNA test to be carried out.
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Relatives told Nuria Piera that after Almonte's disappearance and upon hearing that he had been implicated in the Baldera kidnapping, they went to the Police but were told that he was not detained or under arrest. In the middle of all this confusion, the Police searched Almonte's house where several relatives were arrested under the allegation that one of the ransom calls had been made from that residence. Statements from Almonte's family say that he was detained by a group of men and his car was left by the roadside on 28 September. Since then, nothing has been heard of him. Unfortunately for the family, on 29 September the bodies of two men were discovered in the trunk of a burned out Mitsubishi in Sierra Prieta, Yamasa, and it was said that one of the bodies was Almonte Herrera. However, the controversy arose because police agents stationed in Monte Plata said that one of the bodies was Almonte but neither of the two was identifiable because of the condition of the bodies. Statements made by family members to Piera indicated that they only had a vague idea that their relative was one of the victims, so the television personality ordered a DNA test to be carried out.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)