{"id":508380,"date":"2026-05-22T18:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/police-seek-three-men-for-armed-attack-against-patrol-in-higuey\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T18:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:56:17","slug":"police-seek-three-men-for-armed-attack-against-patrol-in-higuey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/police-seek-three-men-for-armed-attack-against-patrol-in-higuey\/","title":{"rendered":"Police seek three men for armed attack against patrol in Hig\u00fcey"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo<\/strong>.- The <strong>National Police<\/strong> identified and activated the search for three men identified as the alleged responsible for shooting at a police patrol on the <strong>Hig\u00fcey-Yuma<\/strong> highway section, in an event where a sergeant major of the institution was injured.\n\nThe wanted individuals were identified as <strong>Joaqu\u00edn Antonio Rodr\u00edguez Matos<\/strong>, alias \u201c<strong>Richard<\/strong>\u201d, 34 years old; <strong>Carlos Ismael Lorenzo Severino<\/strong>, 33; and <strong>Jaime Leonel \u00c1vila Peguero<\/strong>, alias \u201cChimbil\u00edn\u201d, 29 years old, who are considered by the authorities as \u201chighly dangerous\u201d and allegedly armed.\n\nPolice spokesman, Colonel Diego Pesqueira, reported that the incident occurred while agents were carrying out preventive patrol work in the Hig\u00fcey-Yuma area, where they detected a gray Hyundai Sonata vehicle with a license plate that did not correspond to the car, a situation that aroused suspicion.\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/policia-capturahombreherirbala\/\">Police captures man accused of shooting \"El Cac\u00fa\" in a violent fight captured on video in Santiago<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\"In that shooting, Sergeant Major Manuel Yohan de Aza was shot in the neck,\" Pesqueira explained.\n\nAccording to the preliminary report, the occupants of the vehicle opened fire on the officers when they tried to stop them for verification purposes, impacting both the enlisted person and the police unit before fleeing the scene.\n\nDuring the raid carried out by members of the DICRIM, Scientific Police and the Public Ministry, several pieces of evidence were collected, including 9-millimeter caliber casings, tools allegedly used in criminal activities, gloves, a balaclava, and license plates.\n\nThe investigations also established that the license plate on the vehicle did not correspond to the car used in the attack.\n\nThe National Police urged those identified to turn themselves in through the means they deem appropriate, while search and location efforts continue.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.- The National Police identified and activated the search for three men identified as the alleged responsible for shooting at a police patrol on the Hig\u00fcey-Yuma highway section, in an event where a sergeant major of the institution was injured. The wanted individuals were identified as Joaqu\u00edn Antonio Rodr\u00edguez Matos, alias \u201cRichard\u201d, 34 years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133558,"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-508380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Linda Veras","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-11-at-9.59.54-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508380","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\/133558"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}