{"id":482382,"date":"2025-09-11T14:57:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/family-members-of-young-man-killed-in-la-barranquita-ask-police-to-stop-smear-campaign\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T14:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:57:33","slug":"family-members-of-young-man-killed-in-la-barranquita-ask-police-to-stop-smear-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/dominican-news\/family-members-of-young-man-killed-in-la-barranquita-ask-police-to-stop-smear-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Family members of young man killed in La Barranquita ask Police to stop \"smear campaign\""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Santiago.<\/strong>\u2013 Family and community members of <strong>Jos\u00e9 Vladimir Valerio Est\u00e9vez,<\/strong> a 25-year-old barber who is among the five men who died in an alleged exchange of gunfire with the National Police in the La Barranquita sector, demanded this Thursday that the authorities stop what they call a <strong>\u201cdiscrediting campaign\u201d<\/strong> against him.<\/p>\n\n\nRelatives maintain that Valerio did not belong to any criminal or drug trafficking network, as the official version claims. They recalled that since the age of 17 he dedicated himself to barbering, a business that he had recently remodeled with a financial loan.\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/\u201cNot all were criminals and not all were serious,\u201d says Antonio Marte about those killed in a shootout with the PN in Santiago\">http:\/\/\u201cNot all were criminals and not all were serious,\u201d says Antonio Marte about those killed in a shootout with the PN in Santiago<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nDuring a gathering in front of the place where he worked, relatives and neighbors displayed banners with messages of justice, while questioning the statements of the police spokesperson, whom they accuse of pointing to the young man as part of a criminal organization without evidence.\n\nFamily members also reported that, after the operation, the agents took the security cameras from the business, work equipment, and Valerio's vehicle, elements that \u2014they assure\u2014 could provide clarity on what happened.\n\nIn response, they announced that they will hold peaceful demonstrations at different points in Santiago, including Del Sol street and the vicinity of the provincial Government, with the purpose of demanding respect for Valerio's memory and greater transparency in the investigations.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santiago.\u2013 Family and community members of Jos\u00e9 Vladimir Valerio Est\u00e9vez, a 25-year-old barber who is among the five men who died in an alleged exchange of gunfire with the National Police in the La Barranquita sector, demanded this Thursday that the authorities stop what they call a \u201cdiscrediting campaign\u201d against him. 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