{"id":480035,"date":"2025-08-25T20:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T00:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/employee-accuses-los-rios-prosecutor-of-abuse-and-arbitrariness\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:35:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T00:35:19","slug":"employee-accuses-los-rios-prosecutor-of-abuse-and-arbitrariness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/employee-accuses-los-rios-prosecutor-of-abuse-and-arbitrariness\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee accuses Los R\u00edos prosecutor of abuse and arbitrariness"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo<\/strong>.- Jobanny Mercado, a messenger for the company Moto Pr\u00e9stamos Los R\u00edos, reported that he was abusively detained without committing any offense, while carrying out his duties, by direct order of prosecutor Jos\u00e9 Miguel Mej\u00eda de la Cruz.\n\nThe arrest, which occurred under unclear circumstances, worries the messenger about the procedure and the lack of official information regarding the charges. But above all because the police officers who arrested him did not have a warrant from the prosecutor&#8217;s office.\n\nAccording to the employee, he voluntarily went to the <a href=\"https:\/\/pgr.gob.do\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pgr.gob.do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prosecutor&#8217;s Office<\/a> to request a service, but never had direct contact with the prosecutor.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201c\u00c9l me est\u00e1 deteniendo, pero quien debe explicar la raz\u00f3n de mi detenci\u00f3n es el fiscal. Cuando fui a la Fiscal\u00eda, fui a solicitar un servicio. El fiscal no quiso salir; simplemente mand\u00f3 decir que esperara all\u00ed. Esper\u00e9 durante un buen rato, luego me informaron que estaba almorzando, as\u00ed que segu\u00ed esperando, pero nunca sali\u00f3\u201d, <\/p><cite>explic\u00f3.<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\nAccording to a video, the police officers who carried out the arrest did not know the reason for the detention. &#8220;One of them just said: &#8216;We have the right to hold them for 48 hours for investigation purposes, so don&#8217;t refuse,'&#8221; added one of the police officers who were making the arrest.\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>You can also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/empleado-privado-se-quita-la-vida-en-villa-montellano-puerto-plata\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Private employee takes his own life in Villa Montellano, Puerto Plata<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\nDuring his transfer, Jobanny Mercado expressed his bewilderment at the situation. &#8220;I haven&#8217;t argued with anyone. The prosecutor is sending me to jail. The question is from the supervisor: under what charge are they detaining me? They told me it was for an investigation. Now they released me. So, the investigations must be clear. They detained me one or two days ago with that argument.&#8221;\n\nThe Public Ministry has not offered a statement on the incident nor has it clarified the reasons why Mercado was detained and subsequently released without charges.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.- Jobanny Mercado, a messenger for the company Moto Pr\u00e9stamos Los R\u00edos, reported that he was abusively detained without committing any offense, while carrying out his duties, by direct order of prosecutor Jos\u00e9 Miguel Mej\u00eda de la Cruz. 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