{"id":513748,"date":"2026-07-09T11:07:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/alianza-pais-frente-amplio-and-opcion-democratica-demand-the-transformation-of-the-national-police\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:07:32","slug":"alianza-pais-frente-amplio-and-opcion-democratica-demand-the-transformation-of-the-national-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/alianza-pais-frente-amplio-and-opcion-democratica-demand-the-transformation-of-the-national-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Alianza Pa\u00eds, Frente Amplio, and Opci\u00f3n Democr\u00e1tica demand the transformation of the National Police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Santo Domingo.<\/strong>\u2013 The Alianza Pa\u00eds, Frente Amplio and Opci\u00f3n Democr\u00e1tica<\/a> parties demanded this Wednesday that the Government promote a structural transformation of the National Police, following the death of 19-year-old Darlin Enmanuel Mercado Reyes, which occurred in the La Ca\u00f1ada de Guajim\u00eda sector, in Herrera, Santo Domingo Oeste, allegedly at the hands of a police officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a press conference, leaders Guillermo Moreno, Mar\u00eda Teresa Cabrera, and Miguel Alejandro Mart\u00ednez described the event as a sign of a structural problem within the law enforcement institution and demanded an end to impunity in cases of police violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While reading a joint statement, Moreno maintained that the death of Darlin Mercado does not constitute an isolated incident and stated that in the first six months of 2026, some 147 people have died in National Police interventions, a figure which, as he indicated, exceeds the 122 cases recorded in the same period last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Political organizations denounced that, in addition to deaths in police operations, reports of arbitrary detentions, physical assaults, torture, abuse of authority, and illegal appropriation of property persist, situations that, in their view, continue to be favored by impunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In that sense, they filed four lawsuits against the Dominican State. The first consists of clarifying the Darlin Mercado case and ensuring that the person responsible faces the corresponding legal consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Likewise, they requested the initiation of a vetting process for the National Police that includes the psychological re-evaluation of armed personnel, as well as more active action by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in the investigation and prosecution of cases involving police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, they called on the Government to replace the current police reform with a structural transformation of the institution, aimed at strengthening transparency, eradicating corruption, and consolidating a community and preventive policing model that guarantees respect for the fundamental rights of the citizenry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Santo Domingo.\u2013 The Alianza Pa\u00eds, Frente Amplio and Opci\u00f3n Democr\u00e1tica parties demanded this Wednesday that the Government promote a structural transformation of the National Police, following the death of 19-year-old Darlin Enmanuel Mercado Reyes, which occurred in the La Ca\u00f1ada de Guajim\u00eda sector, in Herrera, Santo Domingo Oeste, allegedly at the hands of a police […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133559,"featured_media":513833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-513748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-29Eg","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-09-at-10.34.12-AM.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Preciosa Jimenez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-26-at-5.31.56-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-09-at-10.34.12-AM.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}