{"id":495307,"date":"2025-12-21T21:27:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T01:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/authorities-investigate-the-death-of-a-young-man-during-a-preventive-operation-in-villa-consuelo\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T21:29:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T01:29:33","slug":"authorities-investigate-the-death-of-a-young-man-during-a-preventive-operation-in-villa-consuelo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/authorities-investigate-the-death-of-a-young-man-during-a-preventive-operation-in-villa-consuelo\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities investigate the death of a young man during a preventive operation in Villa Consuelo"},"content":{"rendered":"<em><strong>Santo Domingo, DN.<\/strong><\/em>\u2014 The <strong>National Police<\/strong>, in coordination with the <strong>Public Ministry of the National District<\/strong>, opened an investigation into the death of a 25-year-old man that occurred on the night of <strong>Saturday, December 20<\/strong> during a <strong>preventive police intervention<\/strong> in the <strong>Villa Consuelo<\/strong> sector.\n\nThe victim was identified as <strong>Rancel Junior Garc\u00eda<\/strong>, who died while receiving medical attention at a health center, after presenting <strong>a gunshot wound<\/strong>, according to authorities.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/Police defends action of agents in case of Dominican models who reported mistreatment\">http:\/\/Police defends action of agents in case of Dominican models who reported mistreatment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nPreliminary reports indicate that the incident occurred when a <strong>joint patrol composed of police and military agents<\/strong> was carrying out preventive work to control a situation of <strong>noise pollution<\/strong>, at which time a conflict is said to have arisen, the circumstances of which are still under analysis.\n\nAuthorities indicated that the case is in the phase of <strong>evidence gathering, technical verification, and forensic analysis<\/strong>, in order to precisely establish how the events occurred.\n\nWithin the framework of the investigation, <strong>Carlos Yadiel Mat\u00edas Beltr\u00e9<\/strong>, 19 years old, was arrested, and a <strong>Ruger brand pistol, 9 millimeter caliber<\/strong>, with its magazine, was seized from him, a weapon that was seized for the corresponding purposes of <strong>ballistic and legal expertise<\/strong>.\n\nThe scene was processed by members of the <strong>Scientific Police<\/strong>, under the direct coordination of the Public Ministry, while the <strong>acting agents were placed under investigation<\/strong> by the internal control bodies of the National Police, in accordance with institutional protocols.\n\nThe Police reiterated their commitment to <strong>transparency, due process, and respect for human rights<\/strong>, and assured that they will offer more details as the investigations progress and the competent authorities authorize it.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo, DN.\u2014 The National Police, in coordination with the Public Ministry of the National District, opened an investigation into the death of a 25-year-old man that occurred on the night of Saturday, December 20 during a preventive police intervention in the Villa Consuelo sector. 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