The Dominican Minister of the Environment, Orlando Jorge Mera, shot to death this Monday in his officethree sources from the portfolio informed AFP.
(Also read: The Minister of the Environment of the Dominican Republic is assassinated in his office)
The Dominican police arrested Miguel Cruz, alleged murderer and personal friend of the minister, according to the Dominican Presidency in a statement, in which President Luis Abinader expressed his “deepest condolences” to the family of Orlando Jorge Mera.
“The government and the president remain at the family’s disposal for whatever they may need,” the statement said.
The attacker entered the minister’s office and shot him with a firearmaccording to official information.
Before the fateful event, Cruz and Mera were not only acquaintances, but also friends. Photographs of both prove this relationship, as revealed by the Agency Alert News 24.
Cruz is in the custody of the National Police and the Public Ministry, which have opened an investigation of the case..
The 55-year-old minister he was the son of former president Salvador Jorge Blanco and held his position since the beginning of the Government of President Abinader, in August 2020.
A law graduate and leader of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Orlando Jorge Mera was married to the Dominican ambassador to Brazil, Patricia Villegas, and leaves behind two children, including deputy Orlando Jorge.
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