Accused of 36 murders, free on bail
An inmate in La Victoria Jail was part of the recruiters
SANTO DOMINGO. Judge Jose Rosario Hernandez ordered the release on bail for Raul Serumberto Mota Reynoso (Vantroy), who is tied to 51 crimes, including 36 murders.
The magistrate of Permanent Attention for the province of Santo Domingo ordered the release on a RD$2.5 million bail guarantee, with a contract with an insurance company, travel restrictions and periodic check-ins at the prosecutor's office.
In order to take his decision the judge took into consideration the elements presented by the District Attorney and the prosecutors against the accused.
The assistant prosecutor Omar Adames had requested that the prisoner be remanded to preventive custody.
Vantroy was arrested on 23 April together with Joel Bautista Vasquez (Pilito) or Tony Fernandez Trinidad, accused of leading a "business" that executed people on contract.
Both arrived in the country at the Las Americas International Airport (AILA), repatriated from Mexico, last 23 April.
The judge at the Third Court of Instruction of the province of Santo Domingo, Karen Mejia Perez, ordered Joel Bautista Vasquez sent to the Najayo Jail.
According to the case file, the accused of leading a gang of hired killers was a fugitive since last year. Likewise, it says that an inmate in the La Victoria Jail was contacted to find a person that would execute the plan of hired hitmen and he was paid RD$200,000.
The file says that Bautista Vasquez is implicated in the deaths that occurred on 8 December 2009 of Ramon Leonardo Paulino Valdez, Carlos Manuel Vicente Rivas, Helbin Noel Diaz Dominguez (Papo), and Juan Diaz Serrano (Nikauris La Mafia). The killings took place at Kilometer 29 of the Duarte Highway.
The case file explains how after a series of hard intelligence work it was established that the accused planned and executed the killings together with the members of a gang.
It cites among these, Miguel Antonio Alfonseca Soto (Junior), Daniel de los Santos Gutierrez (Lilo), Deivy Martinez Montas ( Deivy), Rafael Pimentel Beltre Suazo ( Andy), Engel Mariano Soto Pimentel (Marino), Engel Mejia Mañon (Alex el Gordo), Carlos Manuel Sabala )Morao), Victor Manuel Fernandez (Picu) and First Lieutenant Carlos Hernandez Montes de Oca of the Dominican Air Force.
According to the file, it was through testimony and telephone intercepts that it was proven that Alfonseca Soto contracted the La Victoria inmate Denny Bautista Vasquez, who was in charge of recruiting De los Santos Gutierrez, in exchange for RD$200,000.
The latter (De los Santos Gutierrez) proceeded to recruit Miguel Angel Matos (Bitifey) and Vasquez Bautista who contracted the rest of the members of the hit team.
Vasquez Bautista is said to be part of the criminal structure of killers for hire in the capital, the province of Santo Domingo and important provinces in the country.
The magistrate of Permanent Attention for the province of Santo Domingo ordered the release on a RD$2.5 million bail guarantee, with a contract with an insurance company, travel restrictions and periodic check-ins at the prosecutor's office.
In order to take his decision the judge took into consideration the elements presented by the District Attorney and the prosecutors against the accused.
The assistant prosecutor Omar Adames had requested that the prisoner be remanded to preventive custody.
Vantroy was arrested on 23 April together with Joel Bautista Vasquez (Pilito) or Tony Fernandez Trinidad, accused of leading a "business" that executed people on contract.
Both arrived in the country at the Las Americas International Airport (AILA), repatriated from Mexico, last 23 April.
The judge at the Third Court of Instruction of the province of Santo Domingo, Karen Mejia Perez, ordered Joel Bautista Vasquez sent to the Najayo Jail.
According to the case file, the accused of leading a gang of hired killers was a fugitive since last year. Likewise, it says that an inmate in the La Victoria Jail was contacted to find a person that would execute the plan of hired hitmen and he was paid RD$200,000.
The file says that Bautista Vasquez is implicated in the deaths that occurred on 8 December 2009 of Ramon Leonardo Paulino Valdez, Carlos Manuel Vicente Rivas, Helbin Noel Diaz Dominguez (Papo), and Juan Diaz Serrano (Nikauris La Mafia). The killings took place at Kilometer 29 of the Duarte Highway.
The case file explains how after a series of hard intelligence work it was established that the accused planned and executed the killings together with the members of a gang.
It cites among these, Miguel Antonio Alfonseca Soto (Junior), Daniel de los Santos Gutierrez (Lilo), Deivy Martinez Montas ( Deivy), Rafael Pimentel Beltre Suazo ( Andy), Engel Mariano Soto Pimentel (Marino), Engel Mejia Mañon (Alex el Gordo), Carlos Manuel Sabala )Morao), Victor Manuel Fernandez (Picu) and First Lieutenant Carlos Hernandez Montes de Oca of the Dominican Air Force.
According to the file, it was through testimony and telephone intercepts that it was proven that Alfonseca Soto contracted the La Victoria inmate Denny Bautista Vasquez, who was in charge of recruiting De los Santos Gutierrez, in exchange for RD$200,000.
The latter (De los Santos Gutierrez) proceeded to recruit Miguel Angel Matos (Bitifey) and Vasquez Bautista who contracted the rest of the members of the hit team.
Vasquez Bautista is said to be part of the criminal structure of killers for hire in the capital, the province of Santo Domingo and important provinces in the country.