{"id":478575,"date":"2025-08-14T19:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T23:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/police-shoot-dead-two-suspects-in-the-murder-of-a-taxi-driver-in-moca-and-capture-a-woman-linked-to-the-crime\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T19:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T23:03:14","slug":"police-shoot-dead-two-suspects-in-the-murder-of-a-taxi-driver-in-moca-and-capture-a-woman-linked-to-the-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/dominican-news\/police-shoot-dead-two-suspects-in-the-murder-of-a-taxi-driver-in-moca-and-capture-a-woman-linked-to-the-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Police shoot dead two suspects in the murder of a taxi driver in Moca and capture a woman linked to the crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo.- <\/strong>The <strong>National Police<\/strong> reported this Tuesday that two men identified as alleged responsible for the death of the taxi driver <strong>Alfred Joel Fern\u00e1ndez,<\/strong> 33 years old, were killed in a confrontation with agents of the <strong>Central Directorate of Investigation (DICRIM)<\/strong> in the community La Estancia, municipality Las Matas de Farf\u00e1n, province San Juan.\n\nDuring the operation, carried out in coordination with the Public Ministry, a woman linked to the case, identified as <strong>Clara In\u00e9s S\u00e1nchez,<\/strong> 32 years old, was also arrested. The detainee was located in a house on 19 de Marzo street, from where the deceased had fled on a motorcycle.\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-07-22-at-6.39.55-PM.jpeg\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"505486\">Police allocation change in Las Terrenas after complaint from De \u00daltimo Minuto<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe deceased were identified as Julio Jos\u00e9 Vargas D\u00edaz, alias \u201c\u00d1aco\u00f1a\u201d or \u201cBulin\u201d, and Juan Manuel Lantigua Veras, alias \u201cSalcochao\u201d. According to the Police, both were carrying illegal pistols and fired at the agents, which provoked the lethal response.\n\nAuthorities indicated that both those killed and the arrested person had arrest warrants for alleged involvement in the kidnapping and murder of the taxi driver, whose body was found on March 3 in the community of La Soledad, Espaillat province, after being reported missing on January 22.\n\nRegarding the case, the Police recalled that on the same day the body was found, Oscar Jos\u00e9 Ure\u00f1a, alias \"Boca,\" was arrested. The institution assured that investigations are ongoing and that they will offer more details as the process progresses.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.- The National Police reported this Tuesday that two men identified as alleged responsible for the death of the taxi driver Alfred Joel Fern\u00e1ndez, 33 years old, were killed in a confrontation with agents of the Central Directorate of Investigation (DICRIM) in the community La Estancia, municipality Las Matas de Farf\u00e1n, province San Juan. 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