Foreigner shot with 9 bullets in Sosua
PUERTO PLATA. – A 43-year-old Italian-Canadian citizen was shot in a residential area of the municipality of Sosúa, after being ambushed by unknown persons.
The murdered stranger is Mike Di Battista, who died as a result of the wounds from firearm that hit his body at point-blank range. The corpse was sent to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) for purposes of autopsy.
This fact of blood that is speculated could be “an adjustment of accounts” occurred in the early hours of Sunday in one of the streets of the residential La Mulata I, Sosua, the deceased was attacked by gunfire while driving a SUV, after the attack the vehicle crashed into the wall.
At the scene of the crime, the judicial and police authorities appeared, accompanied by the acting legal doctor, Dr. Mario César López, who examined the body of Di Battista certifying his death caused by the multiple bullet wounds received in the head and other parts of his body.
Members of the Scientific Police collected 13 shells of automatic weapons, plus two passports of the deceased, one Italian registered and the other Canadian numbered, as well as all his belongings, so the theft was ruled out.
It was learned that the murdered foreigner had been residing for several years in the Lomas del Sol residential complex in Sosúa, but on December 17, 2015, he was captured by agents of the International Police (INTERPOL) because he was wanted in his country in connection with a drug trafficking network to which a shipment of 700 kilos of cocaine was confiscated in February of this year.
At that time, the authorities of Canada issued the order of international capture of red alert level under the number # A-2642 / 4-2015 against Mike Di Battista since it was looked for “like needle in a pajal” next to other 17 people linked to other actions of organized crime.
Likewise, the National Police of the Dominican Republic upon the capture of Di Battista reported that it was delivered to Canadian officials who boarded a commercial flight to Ottawa, which is the capital of Canada from the El Catey airport in Samaná.
Source: Puerto Plata Digital
Mar 25, 2019
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