{"id":514745,"date":"2026-07-10T23:02:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T03:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/man-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-sexual-assault-against-a-young-woman-in-sosua\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T23:02:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T03:02:34","slug":"man-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-sexual-assault-against-a-young-woman-in-sosua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/man-sentenced-to-20-years-in-prison-for-sexual-assault-against-a-young-woman-in-sosua\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexual assault against a young woman in Sos\u00faa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santo Domingo, DR.<\/strong>\u2013 A Puerto Plata court sentenced Wilfrido Ramos, known as \u201cJunior\u201d or \u201cEl Mello,\u201d to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 33-year-old woman in the municipality of Sos\u00faa, in an incident that occurred in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sentence was issued by an ad hoc Collegiate Court of the Judicial District of Puerto Plata, which accepted the evidence presented by the Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office and determined the criminal responsibility of the accused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramos will serve the sentence at the San Felipe Correction and Rehabilitation Center<a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"674892\"> (CCR)<\/a>, in Puerto Plata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the indictment, the convicted individual deceived the victim with a fake job offer and took her to a remote, wooded area on Alta Vista Street, in the Los Cerros sector of Sos\u00faa, where he attacked her with a bladed weapon and subsequently committed the sexual assault under death threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the incident, the assailant also allegedly stripped the victim of their cell phone and cash, before fleeing the scene on a motorcycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigations were led by prosecutor Dilsia Taveras, of the Attention Unit for Victims of Gender-Based Violence, Intrafamily Violence, and Sexual Crimes of the Puerto Plata Prosecutor&#8217;s Office, who gathered the evidence that allowed the accusation to be supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We recommend reading: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Public Ministry reported that during the arrest, a switchblade-type bladed weapon was seized, identified as the one used during the assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accusation was presented by the litigating prosecutor Jes\u00fas Ernesto Valenzuela, who provided expert, documentary, testimonial, illustrative, and material evidence that, according to the Prosecutor&#8217;s Office, demonstrated the guilt of the accused beyond any reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court established that Ramos violated the provisions of article 331 of the Dominican Penal Code, amended by Law 24-97, which sanctions sexual assault.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo, DR.\u2013 A Puerto Plata court sentenced Wilfrido Ramos, known as \u201cJunior\u201d or \u201cEl Mello,\u201d to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a 33-year-old woman in the municipality of Sos\u00faa, in an incident that occurred in 2022. 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