Santo Domingo.- The prosecutor of Santo Domingo Oeste, Eduard Manuel López, reported this Wednesday that the Public Ministry is keeping under evaluation the actions of all the agents who were part of the police patrol involved in the incident in which the young Darling Mercado died, in the Herrera sector.
When approached by journalists as he left the coercion measure hearing against Corporal José Francisco Moreta, the representative of the prosecution explained that the investigation will determine whether other members of the patrol will have any criminal liability in the case.
“The conduct of each of the police officers in the patrol is being evaluated in relation to what happened,” he stated.
Likewise, López asked the public to trust the work of the judicial authorities and allow the investigative process to continue.
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It is recalled that the Permanent Attention Office of Santo Domingo West imposed one year of preventive detention on Corporal José Francisco Moreta, accused of taking the life of the young Darling Mercado during an incident that occurred in the Herrera sector.
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The court ordered the defendant to serve the coercive measure at the Las Parras Correction and Rehabilitation Center (CCR) and declared the proceedings a complex case.
