{"id":497022,"date":"2026-01-07T15:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/man-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison-for-voluntary-manslaughter\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:28:07","slug":"man-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison-for-voluntary-manslaughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/justice\/man-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison-for-voluntary-manslaughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sentenced to 15 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SANTO DOMINGO,.\u2013<\/strong> A court in the judicial district of San Juan de la Maguana sentenced a man found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and illegal possession of a firearm to 15 years in prison, for an event that occurred on July 4, 2021 in the Quijada Quieta sector of that city.<\/p>\n\n\nThe sentence was handed down against <strong>Jos\u00e9 Augusto Abad Garc\u00eda<\/strong>, alias <em>\u201cJonathan\u201d<\/em>, after the court accepted the evidence presented by the Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office, which demonstrated his criminal responsibility in the death of <strong>Yorki de la Rosa<\/strong>, whom he shot four times.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/internacionales\/gobierno-de-yemen\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"584705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yemen&#8217;s Government and the Houthis will exchange 2,900 prisoners with UN backing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nAbad Garc\u00eda was convicted of violating articles 295 and 304 of the Dominican Penal Code, as well as Law 631-16 on the Control and Regulation of Weapons, Ammunition and Related Materials, for carrying and illegal possession of a firearm.\n\nThe accusation was based on the investigation carried out by prosecutor <strong>Vicente Rodr\u00edguez S\u00e1nchez<\/strong> and litigated in court by prosecutor <strong>Hernanda Arias<\/strong>, who presented expert, documentary, and testimonial evidence, fully accepted by the Collegiate Tribunal of San Juan de la Maguana.\n\nAccording to the record, the victim died while receiving medical attention at a health center in the city, according to autopsy No. <strong>INACIF R.S. A-129-2021<\/strong>.\n\nThe sentence was issued by judges <strong>Diogenes D\u00e1maso<\/strong>, <strong>Ang\u00e9lica Calder\u00f3n<\/strong> and <strong>Edwardo Valdez<\/strong>, who ordered that the convicted person serve the sentence in the public prison of <strong>San Juan de la Maguana<\/strong>.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO,.\u2013 A court in the judicial district of San Juan de la Maguana sentenced a man found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and illegal possession of a firearm to 15 years in prison, for an event that occurred on July 4, 2021 in the Quijada Quieta sector of that city. 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