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Preventive prison imposed on three men accused of stealing metro cables

Santo Domingo.- The Permanent Attention Office of Santo Domingo Oeste imposed 12 months of preventive prison to three defendants for the alleged theft of electrical cables from a contractor of the second metro line of Santo Domingo, in addition to imposing an economic guarantee to about two.

Luegi Rafael Martínez Victoria, Dieussibon Pierre Louis and Jonathan Emmanuel Vásquez Núñez must serve preventive prison in the Correction and Rehabilitation Center (CCR) Najayo Hombres, the Public Ministry reported this Sunday in a note.

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Meanwhile, Colombian Alfonso David Montoya Dávila, from the exporter Bismont Ecorecicling, will have to pay an economic guarantee of 800,000 pesos and Alejandro Rondón Acosta another 500,000 pesos. The accused, who were imposed a travel ban, must appear periodically before the authorities, said the prosecution body. The investigation establishes that on June 8th in the La Venta sector, of the Santo Domingo Oeste municipality, those involved stole essential materials for the electrical system of the Los Alcarrizos metro line under construction. Dieussibon Pierre Louis, who served as the security guard of the ship where the cables were stored, facilitated the entry of the former employee and fugitive Enercido Viola Familia and Jonathan Emmanuel Vásquez Núñez, driver of the truck used in the robbery, a vehicle belonging to Alejandro Rondón Acosta. The accused allegedly stole two rolls of 120-millimeter square supporting cables, which would be used to power the subway cars' electrical system. During the hearing, litigating prosecutors Adalgiza Hernández and Alexandra Marine presented the evidence linking the accused to the theft of approximately 16,000 pounds of copper, valued at more than 300,000 euros, which were sold to Jorge René Juliao Elena.

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