The government of the Caribbean nation said that Orlando Jorge Mera, Minister of Environment of the Dominican Republic, died after being shot in his office this Monday (6).
“The information we have so far shows that this morning [segunda-feira]”He died when the environment minister was attacked with a firearm in his office,” presidential spokesman Homero Figueroa said.
Miguel Cruz, identified as the person who carried out the attack, was a close friend of the late minister. The person responsible is in the custody of the national police and the Ministry of Public Affairs,” he said. “The causes of the incident are being investigated.”
Jorge Mera was the son of former president Salvador Jorge Blanco (1982-1986) and has been head of the ministry since August 2020.
Cruz entered a weekly meeting with the minister’s secretaries and opened fire, according to ministry officials who spoke cautiously to AFP.
As a close friend of the victim, Cruz had no trouble getting into the ministry’s headquarters in Santo Domingo.
Police declined to comment on the incident. AFP personnel present at the scene saw a heavily armed group from the elite police unit enter the ministry.
“We are appalled by the situation presented at the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources this Monday morning,” the ministry previously said on Twitter. After the incident, the building was evacuated by the authorities.
source: Noticias
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