{"id":504699,"date":"2026-04-14T17:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/mp-requests-one-year-of-preventive-prison-against-3-men-involved-in-the-death-of-another-in-puerto-plata\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:18:15","slug":"mp-requests-one-year-of-preventive-prison-against-3-men-involved-in-the-death-of-another-in-puerto-plata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/mp-requests-one-year-of-preventive-prison-against-3-men-involved-in-the-death-of-another-in-puerto-plata\/","title":{"rendered":"MP requests one year of preventive prison against 3 men involved in the death of another in Puerto Plata"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Santo Domingo, RD.\u2013<\/strong> The Public Ministry of the Dominican Republic requested a court to impose one year of preventive <\/a>detention as a coercive measure against three men involved in the death of another, which occurred on March 8 in the Mu\u00f1oz sector, in the municipality of San Felipe, in the province of Puerto Plata.<\/p>\n\n\nThe defendants, Danny Miguel Tejada P\u00e9rez (Don or El Flaco), Helmes Daniel L\u00f3pez (Curru) and Jemine D\u00edaz Puma, were brought to justice after the accusing body gathered various evidence linking them to the death by gunshot wounds of Ignacio Minaya (Cecilio).\n\nAccording to the investigation, the accused, along with a person still at large, broke into the victim's home armed, forcibly removed him, and shot him multiple times, before throwing his body into a river.\n\nThe legal medical examination and the autopsy performed by the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif) confirmed that the cause of death was from firearm projectiles, constituting a violent homicide.\n\nWe recommend reading:\n\nThe Puerto Plata Prosecutor's Office supported its request with material, audiovisual, and testimonial evidence, including security camera recordings, search warrants, seizure of firearms, and witness statements that directly identify the accused as responsible for the act.\n\nDuring the operations, authorities seized a red Honda CR-V vehicle linked to the scene, as well as illegal firearms and controlled substances. The accused were arrested through judicial orders and remain in the custody of the Public Ministry.\n\nProsecutors Julio C\u00e9sar G\u00f3mez Quintana and Carmen Daynisa Rosario Pascual filed the request for coercive measures before the Judicial Office of Permanent Attention Services of Puerto Plata, also requesting that the case be declared complex.\n\nThe provisional legal qualification includes violations of articles 265, 266, 295, 296, 297, 298 and 302 of the Dominican Penal Code, relating to criminal association and murder, as well as Law 631-16 on weapons.\n\nJudge Romaldy Marcelino Henr\u00edquez postponed the hearing until April 16, 2026, after accepting a request from the defense.\n\nIn other news, the defendant Danny Miguel Tejada P\u00e9rez also faces a judicial process for alleged links to the sale, distribution, and storage of drugs, a case that is in the preliminary stage.\n\nAccording to the record, on September 27, 2025, in conjunction with the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD), a search was carried out in a house located in the Atl\u00e1ntica urbanization, where 225 portions of marijuana were seized, weighing 227.98 grams, in addition to cash, cell phones, personal documents, gold jewelry and a Mercedes Benz vehicle, model A Class 220 AWD, year 2019.\n\n\n

You can also read:APAP opens branch in Puerto Plata\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\nThe Public Ministry reiterated that it will request preventive detention and the declaration of complexity of the case, considering that it is a serious event that affects citizen security and social peace.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Santo Domingo, RD.\u2013 The Public Ministry of the Dominican Republic requested a court to impose one year of preventive detention as a coercive measure against three men involved in the death of another, which occurred on March 8 in the Mu\u00f1oz sector, in the municipality of San Felipe, in the province of Puerto Plata. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-504699","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}