{"id":511415,"date":"2026-06-16T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/national-police-captures-in-espaillat-a-fugitive-wanted-for-homicide-committed-in-la-caleta\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:55:00","slug":"national-police-captures-in-espaillat-a-fugitive-wanted-for-homicide-committed-in-la-caleta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/national-police-captures-in-espaillat-a-fugitive-wanted-for-homicide-committed-in-la-caleta\/","title":{"rendered":"National Police captures in Espaillat a fugitive wanted for homicide committed in La Caleta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moca<\/strong>.\u2013 Agents of the <strong>National Police<\/strong> assigned to the <strong>Investigation Division<\/strong> (DICRIM) of the <strong>Gaspar Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong> municipality, in coordination with preventive members of that jurisdiction, arrested a man via judicial order who had been a fugitive since 2018 for his alleged participation in a homicide that occurred in the <strong>La Caleta<\/strong> municipality, Santo Domingo province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The detainee is <strong>Luis Ferm\u00edn Padilla<\/strong>, also known as Jonathan Ferm\u00edn Pichardo (a) &#8220;<strong>Tembleque<\/strong>&#8220;, 39 years old, a resident of the <strong>El Semillero<\/strong> sector, in <strong>Gaspar Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, who was wanted by the justice system under arrest warrant <strong>No. 530-2018-EMES-016527<\/strong>, issued by the <strong>Judicial Office of Permanent Attention Services of the Judicial District of Santo Domingo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to investigations, the defendant is accused of having caused the death of J<strong>os\u00e9 Ernesto Matos<\/strong> (a) \u201c<strong>Culebra<\/strong>\u201d, in an incident recorded in the <strong>El Valiente<\/strong> sector, of the aforementioned municipality, allegedly motivated by personal conflicts between both parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/nacionales\/policia-identifica-y-persigue-a\/\">Police identify and pursue alleged killer of young man during celebration in Santiago<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the preliminary report, the victim died as a result of stab wounds allegedly received during the incident. When questioned by investigators, the detainee admitted his participation in the event, claiming that he acted after the victim had allegedly assaulted him previously with a bladed weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The capture was possible thanks to the intelligence and surveillance work carried out by the acting agents, who managed to locate and arrest the accused after several years of evading justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The detainee remains in police custody and will be transferred to the corresponding jurisdiction for the appropriate legal purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moca.\u2013 Agents of the National Police assigned to the Investigation Division (DICRIM) of the Gaspar Hern\u00e1ndez municipality, in coordination with preventive members of that jurisdiction, arrested a man via judicial order who had been a fugitive since 2018 for his alleged participation in a homicide that occurred in the La Caleta municipality, Santo Domingo province. 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