Union leaders get bail, vow to fight on

[NewsWhore]

The leaders of several of the transport unions were released on bail yesterday after spending long hours in jail. Complaining of "inhumane treatment" and visibly unhappy about their situation, the transport leaders vowed to continue their fight. Juan Hubieres, Antonio Marte Alfredo Pulinario and Ramon Perez Figuereo were held for questioning in connection with the fire bombing of a private bus carrying workers to their jobs. According to most of the newspapers, as soon as the union leaders left the jail where they had been held in preventive custody, they vowed to continue their fight, saying, "the government thinks it has won. They were looking for a sacrificial lamb to solve the problem (of the bombing), but it didn't work." The District Attorney for Santo Domingo, Perfecto Acosta, told reporters that the million-peso bail set for the union leaders was justified based on the severity of the criminal acts committed against the seven defenseless workers who were burned in the fire-bombing incident. He described the act as "terrorism," and pointed out that those responsible could be sentenced to up to 20 years in jail.

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