Santo Domingo.– The Fourth Collegiate Tribunal of the National District declared five of the accused guilty this Friday for the death of the young David de los Santos, which occurred in April 2022 after being arrested by the National Police and later taken to a detachment in the Ágora Mall shopping center.
Agents Germán García and Alfonso Decena were found guilty of violating articles 186 and 198 of the Dominican Penal Code, related to acts of violence against persons in custody, and sentenced to 10 years in prison, in addition to the payment of legal costs.
Meanwhile, civilians Carlos Martínez, Michael Pérez Ramos, and Santiago Mateo Victoriano were sentenced to 30 years in prison after being found guilty of acts of torture and barbarity, in accordance with articles 303, 309, and 309-4 of the Penal Code. These three were held in the same cell where David was assaulted.
The court acquitted seven other defendants: Domingo Alberto Rodríguez Sáez, Manuel González, Álvaro Beltrán, Ampriody Montero, Juan Reyes and Yuvaris Méndez, after considering the evidence against them insufficient.
Regarding the civil action, the judges partially accepted the complaint filed by the victim's family and ordered compensation of five million pesos against police officers García and Decena, and ten million against the three convicted civilians, who must also cover the civil costs of the process.
The full reading of the sentence was set for Monday, July 28th at 2:00 PM. A dissenting vote was recorded by magistrate Elías Martínez Perea, who considered that the Public Prosecutor's accusation should be accepted in its entirety.
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