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05-02-2012, 03:30 PM
Following an incident during President Leonel Fernandez' parade last Sunday, 29 April, when a man was hit by a glass bottle, Police spokesman General Maximo Baez Aybar said that there are now three people in custody. They are Juan Carlos Jimenez Rodriguez, 32, and 47 and 42 year old brothers Olmedo and Julio Cesar Marte.
He reiterated that Fernandez was never in physical danger, saying that the Police had taken measures according to the procedures that have been established for these types of situations.
According to Hoy newspaper, a PLD member, Virgilio Liriano jumped up to see the President and was hit by the bottle. According to witnesses, a member of the President's security detail hit Liriano on the head with the butt of his gun, but Liriano later denied this and said the wound was caused by the bottle.
The neighbors of the other people who were arrested stated that they had not attended the parade and were not involved in political activity, but admitted they had been smoking marijuana in the garden of PLD executive Manuel Valencia.
Valencia confirmed that they had been at his house and had nothing to do with the bottle-throwing incident.
A sister of one of the people arrested, Fiordaliza Marte, said that the police had told her they would only be charged with possession of drugs and not for the alleged aggression.
www.hoy.com.do/el-pais/2012/4/30/425510/Testigos-dicen-guardia-hirio-peledeista-que-zafo-botella (http://www.hoy.com.do/el-pais/2012/4/30/425510/Testigos-dicen-guardia-hirio-peledeista-que-zafo-botella)
www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2012/5/1/230825/Vocero-policial-dice-que-hay-3-detenidos-por-el-incidente-durante-la (http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2012/5/1/230825/Vocero-policial-dice-que-hay-3-detenidos-por-el-incidente-durante-la)
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He reiterated that Fernandez was never in physical danger, saying that the Police had taken measures according to the procedures that have been established for these types of situations.
According to Hoy newspaper, a PLD member, Virgilio Liriano jumped up to see the President and was hit by the bottle. According to witnesses, a member of the President's security detail hit Liriano on the head with the butt of his gun, but Liriano later denied this and said the wound was caused by the bottle.
The neighbors of the other people who were arrested stated that they had not attended the parade and were not involved in political activity, but admitted they had been smoking marijuana in the garden of PLD executive Manuel Valencia.
Valencia confirmed that they had been at his house and had nothing to do with the bottle-throwing incident.
A sister of one of the people arrested, Fiordaliza Marte, said that the police had told her they would only be charged with possession of drugs and not for the alleged aggression.
www.hoy.com.do/el-pais/2012/4/30/425510/Testigos-dicen-guardia-hirio-peledeista-que-zafo-botella (http://www.hoy.com.do/el-pais/2012/4/30/425510/Testigos-dicen-guardia-hirio-peledeista-que-zafo-botella)
www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2012/5/1/230825/Vocero-policial-dice-que-hay-3-detenidos-por-el-incidente-durante-la (http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2012/5/1/230825/Vocero-policial-dice-que-hay-3-detenidos-por-el-incidente-durante-la)
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