He was a major in the Army of the Dominican Republic the other person who was shot dead next to the speaker Manuel Méndez (Manny), in an attempted assault this Sunday morning at Haras Nacionals, municipality of Santo Domingo Norte, where another person was also injured.
The officer was identified as José Antonio Santana de la Cruz, the body remains next to Manny’s in the Ney Arias Lora hospital depot.
Rafael Augusto Méndez (El Mello), Manny’s brother, has explained that the information he has is that his relative went to a master’s degree in ceremonies at a party and that the party ended at one in the morning.
At that hour they went out, to three people. A major who is also dead, Manny and a third who is a mamboi (loads musical instruments), this one is alive … arriving at the house here in Haras Nacionals, precisely here in Vila Mella, at two in the morning, according to the information, they were surprised by three robbers “.
He added that they were dismounting from a yipeta to enter the house when they were attacked.
Méndez was a well-known speaker of Tamayo who worked in several transmitters of the capital and in the last years he had dedicated himself to be entertainer in popular celebrations and teacher of ceremonies.