Three months of pre-trial detention against “El Mosquito” and another young man accused of robbing a woman in the center of Santiago

Santiago.- Judge José Rafael de Asís Burgos, coordinator of the Instruction Courts of the judicial district of Santiago, imposed this Friday three months of preventive detention as a coercive measure against Christopher Torres Ortiz, alias “El Mosquito”, and David Jiménez Féliz, accused of assaulting a woman in broad daylight on a public road, in an event that occurred in broad daylight in the city center and was captured by surveillance cameras. The measure must be enforced in the Correction and Rehabilitation Centers La Isleta, in Moca, and El Pinito, in La Vega, where both defendants were sent by order of the court. According to the file prepared by the Public Ministry, the defendants are accused of violating articles 265, 266, 2, 379, 382, 383 and 386-2 of the Dominican Penal Code, related to criminal association and attempted robbery with violence on public roads. The prosecution requested preventive detention alleging the seriousness of the act and the risk of flight. According to preliminary investigations, Torres Ortiz and Jiménez Félix were traveling on a Z3000 CG200 motorcycle, black in color, allegedly driven by the latter, when they intercepted a Haitian woman who was walking through the aforementioned area, robbing her of her belongings in the middle of the robbery.

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One of the aspects that marked the case was the rapid intervention of a citizen who prevented the escape of the alleged assailants, an action that was recorded on video and subsequently went viral on social media, generating multiple reactions among citizens. The authorities indicated that the investigative process is also supported by images from surveillance cameras that captured both the moment of the assault and the sequence following the failed escape. The videos were collected by agents of the Central Investigation Directorate (Dicrim) and the Cyber Police (Dicat). Following the knowledge of the measure, David Jiménez Félix’s lawyer, José Andrés Germosen, questioned the court’s decision, assuring that his client does not fit the profile of a habitual offender. Also, he maintained that the victim would not have shown interest in continuing with the judicial process. The case has caused outrage among citizens of Santiago, because the assault occurred in one of the busiest areas of the city center and during daylight hours, which rekindles concern about criminal acts in public spaces in the city center.