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08-09-2011, 03:10 PM
The Attorney General of the Republic and the National Police say they are on the trail of businessman Avelino Matias Castro (alias Daniel or Joaquin Espinal Almeyda) suspect of being the intellectual author of the death of communicator Jose Silvestre on 2 August. In the last edition of his publication "La Voz de la Verdad," Matias Castro was mentioned as responsible for the murder of businessman Ramon Antonio Herrera in La Romana.
National Police spokesman Maximo Baez Aybar said the Chief of the Police had spent the weekend in the East supervising the investigation.
The authorities said that in the case Angel Amed Manon Gutierrez has been arrested, and confessed his participation in the kidnapping and murder. Prosecutor Frank Soto said that they learned that the communicator had received money from drug traffickers in La Romana, as reported in El Dia. He said the Asset Laundering Unit of the Prosecutor General is investigating assets Matias held jointly with former baseball player Jose Rijo, who is said not to be responsible for the murder.
The Police confirmed Rijo's half brother Uldarico Diaz Cruz is under arrest. Uldarico Cruz, turned himself in to the Police where he underwent questioning for several hours.
Yesterday, talk show host Luis Eduardo (Huchi) Lora said that controversial Jose Silvestre served as a spokesman for Ramon Antonio del Rosario Puente (Tono Lena), who is sought in extradition for drug trafficking by the US government related to Puerto Rican Jose David Figueroa Agosto case. Lora stressed he would not consider this a freedom of the press case.
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National Police spokesman Maximo Baez Aybar said the Chief of the Police had spent the weekend in the East supervising the investigation.
The authorities said that in the case Angel Amed Manon Gutierrez has been arrested, and confessed his participation in the kidnapping and murder. Prosecutor Frank Soto said that they learned that the communicator had received money from drug traffickers in La Romana, as reported in El Dia. He said the Asset Laundering Unit of the Prosecutor General is investigating assets Matias held jointly with former baseball player Jose Rijo, who is said not to be responsible for the murder.
The Police confirmed Rijo's half brother Uldarico Diaz Cruz is under arrest. Uldarico Cruz, turned himself in to the Police where he underwent questioning for several hours.
Yesterday, talk show host Luis Eduardo (Huchi) Lora said that controversial Jose Silvestre served as a spokesman for Ramon Antonio del Rosario Puente (Tono Lena), who is sought in extradition for drug trafficking by the US government related to Puerto Rican Jose David Figueroa Agosto case. Lora stressed he would not consider this a freedom of the press case.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)