{"id":513656,"date":"2026-07-08T13:30:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/agent-who-killed-young-man-in-herrera-sent-to-las-parras-one-year-of-preventive-detention-imposed\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T13:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:30:50","slug":"agent-who-killed-young-man-in-herrera-sent-to-las-parras-one-year-of-preventive-detention-imposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/agent-who-killed-young-man-in-herrera-sent-to-las-parras-one-year-of-preventive-detention-imposed\/","title":{"rendered":"Agent who killed young man in Herrera sent to Las Parras; one year of preventive detention imposed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santo Domingo.- <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"674892\">The Permanent Attention Office<\/a> of West Santo Domingo imposed one year of preventive detention this Wednesday on Corporal Jos\u00e9 Francisco Moreta, accused of taking the life of the young man Darling Mercado in the Herrera sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defendant must serve the coercive measure at the Las Parras Correction and Rehabilitation Center (CCR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the indictment, the events occurred at approximately 5:00 in the afternoon last Friday in the La Ca\u00f1ada de Guajim\u00eda sector. The accused was performing patrol duties and was searching the citizen F\u00e9nix Junior Ceballos Guzm\u00e1n, who was driving a motorcycle owned by the victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office states that, when Mercado Reyes approached the police officer to indicate that the vehicle was his property, the accused, without saying a word, shot him in the chest. The impact caused his death instantly, according to the death certificate no. 0111474.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"674892\">Relatives of Darling Mercado demand justice as coercion measure is announced for accused corporal<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/author\/arelissuero\/\"><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident was recorded by Ceballos Guzm\u00e1n from his cell phone. Said device will be sent to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) for the corresponding extraction of the videos as part of the evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prosecuting body has legally classified the case as a violation of articles 295 and 304 of the Dominican Penal Code, which define and sanction voluntary homicide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.- The Permanent Attention Office of West Santo Domingo imposed one year of preventive detention this Wednesday on Corporal Jos\u00e9 Francisco Moreta, accused of taking the life of the young man Darling Mercado in the Herrera sector. The defendant must serve the coercive measure at the Las Parras Correction and Rehabilitation Center (CCR). 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