La Romana Court imposes the maximum sentence on three men who murdered a lawyer – El Nuevo Diario (Dominican Republic)

2023-11-05 04:32:41

EL NUEVO DIARIO, SANTO DOMINGO.- The Collegiate Court of La Romana imposed 30 years in prison against three men for the shooting death of the lawyer and pastor Santo Cedeño del Rosario, whom they confused with another legal professional, in an event that occurred on October 17, 2018 in that city.

The Attorney General’s Office said this Saturday in a statement that the court imposed the maximum sentence on the defendants Felipe Valerio, Carlos Alfredo Rosario de Jesús (Supite and/o Pipe) and Nathanael de Jesús Severino (Naty), found guilty of provoking the death due to gunshot wounds to the lawyer Cedeño del Rosario, who was also a pastor of a church in his community.

His death occurred while he was receiving medical care at a health center in the province of La Romana, where he was taken after being fatally shot.

The accusatory file indicates that at the time the incident occurred, the victim was aboard his vehicle waiting for a minor son who was on a school campus.

It details that Valerio caused the death of Cedeño del Rosario with multiple gunshot wounds, while De Jesús Severino was driving the motorcycle on which they were traveling at the time they committed the crime.

Furthermore, it states that Rosario de Jesús was the one who located, oriented and traced the route and place where the murdered shepherd was located.

Due to his connection to the case, Félix Antonio Martínez Valdez (Liquito) was also prosecuted and sentenced to acquittal, who, according to the accusation, was the person who, at the request of unidentified elements, contacted those currently being prosecuted and offered payment. of 200,000 pesos to assassinate the lawyer Julin Cabrera, for which he gave him a photo of him.

The prosecution claims that, upon contacting the named Rosario de Jesús, he began a process to locate Julin, and, by mistake, located the lawyer and pastor Santo Cedeño del Rosario, who was killed thinking that they had executed the order to finalize to lawyer Julin Cabrera.

Felipe Valerio will serve his sentence in the El Seibo public prison, while Carlos Alfredo Rosario de Jesús and Nathanael de Jesús Severino will enter the Cucama Correction and Rehabilitation Center (CCR), in La Romana.

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