The lawyers of Argenis Contreras González, the main defendant in the murder of the lawyer and Professor Yuniol Ramírez, said on Wednesday that his client had not returned to the country due to distrust of past authorities and fear for his life.
“He hadn’t done it before because he didn’t feel safe. Remember that we are dealing with a Sicilian mafia hiding in the OMSA, ”noted lawyer Ángel Sánchez.
Sánchez also stated that the Attorney General’s Office guaranteed the physical and moral integrity of the accused.
For his part, defense attorney Plutarco Jaquez explained that his client has the will to work with the Dominican justice to clarify the matter.
According to Jaquez, the interrogation continues and he estimated that the Public Prosecutor could request the coercion measure against his client tomorrow Thursday.
Argenis has not said a word to the press
Since his arrival in the country, the accused of Ramírez’s death has not spoken to the press.
In this sense, Jaquez emphasized that “his lawyers speak for him” and that he gives his testimony to the authorities.
He also said they had not been informed of the procedure followed by the Attorney General (PGR) for Argenis’s extradition.
Hypertension
Contreras legal representatives clarified that the pills a woman, who has not yet been identified, brought to the defendant last Tuesday night while he was in jail at the New City Palace of Justice, are intended to treat hypertension.
According to Jaquez, Contreras is suffering from the aforementioned health condition.