Investigation: Haitian citizen killed after alleged theft in Pedro Brand<\/a><\/h4>\nIn a separate incident, a Haitian citizen was found dead on March 11, 2026, in Pedro Brand<\/span><\/span>, in the Polonia section, after allegedly being caught stealing bananas from a local farm.<\/p>\nAccording to the Dominican National Police<\/span><\/span>, the victim who has not been identified due to the absence of official documents had multiple wounds caused by a bladed weapon.<\/p>\nThe body was discovered around 7:30 a.m. by residents in the area, who alerted the farm\u2019s owner, Andr\u00e9s Valerio de los Santos<\/span><\/span>, 76.<\/p>\nAuthorities, including investigators from the Direcci\u00f3n Central de Investigaci\u00f3n Criminal<\/span><\/span> and forensic police units, arrived at the scene to collect evidence and secure the area.<\/p>\nThe body was later transferred to the Instituto Nacional de Patolog\u00eda Forense<\/span><\/span> for medico-legal examination.<\/p>\nAccording to preliminary findings, the killing may have been carried out by other Haitian workers present on the farm who allegedly caught the victim in the act of theft.<\/p>\n
Police said investigations are ongoing to identify and arrest those responsible.<\/p>\n
Soraya Ades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Justice: 30-year prison sentence for the murder of a farmer in Puerto Plata On March 11, 2026, a court in the judicial district of Puerto Plata sentenced Haitian national Wilny Jacques to 30 years in prison for the murder of 89-year-old farmer Domingo Acosta. The crime occurred in May 2025 in the community of Estero Hondo, located in the municipality of Villa Isabela. According to the Dominican public prosecutor\u2019s office, the defendant entered the victim\u2019s residence with the intention of committing robbery and allegedly attacked him with a bladed weapon. During the trial, prosecutors presented several pieces of evidence, including security footage, witness testimony, the autopsy report, and items recovered during the investigation. The court found the defendant guilty of aggravated robbery, homicide, and violation of the Dominican weapons law. He will serve his sentence at the San Felipe Correction and Rehabilitation Center. Investigation: Haitian citizen killed after alleged theft in Pedro Brand In a separate incident, a Haitian citizen was found dead on March 11, 2026, in Pedro Brand, in the Polonia section, after allegedly being caught stealing bananas from a local farm. According to the Dominican National Police, the victim who has not been identified due to the absence of official documents had multiple wounds caused by a bladed weapon. The body was discovered around 7:30 a.m. by residents in the area, who alerted the farm\u2019s owner, Andr\u00e9s Valerio de los Santos, 76. Authorities, including investigators from the Direcci\u00f3n Central de Investigaci\u00f3n Criminal and forensic police units, arrived at the scene to collect evidence and secure the area. The body was later transferred to the Instituto Nacional de Patolog\u00eda Forense for medico-legal examination. According to preliminary findings, the killing may have been carried out by other Haitian workers present on the farm who allegedly caught the victim in the act of theft. Police said investigations are ongoing to identify and arrest those responsible. Soraya Ades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":30885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"4","parallax":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"topbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"Dominican courts sentenced a Haitian national to 30 years in prison for the murder of an elderly farmer in Puerto Plata, while authorities investigate the violent death of a Haitian citizen in Pedro Brand."},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_post_split":{"post_split":[{"template":"1","tag":"h2","numbering":"asc","mode":"normal","first":"0","enable_toc":"0","toc_type":"normal"}]},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3221],"tags":[4817,3546,4054,4819,4818],"class_list":["post-30884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dominican-republic","tag-crime","tag-dominican-republic","tag-justice","tag-pedro-brand","tag-puerto-plata"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t