Dominican Republic minister shot to death in his office by a close friend, office of the president says.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The Dominican Republic’s minister of the environment and natural resources — the son of a former president — was shot to death in his office by a close friend Monday, the office of the president said in a statement.
Authorities said that in a phone conversation with Cruz while he was at the church, he promised to turn himself in if they guaranteed he wouldn’t be killed. The victim came from a powerful political family. Jorge was the son of former Dominican President Salvador Jorge Blanco, and his sister is a vice minister in Abinader’s administration. Jorge’s son is a lawmaker for the Modern Revolutionary Party, of which Jorge was a founding member.
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