Former Minister of the Armed Forces Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez confirmed that he was his uncle, the landowner. Juan Jose Soto CorneliusHe was murdered on his ranch in Rancho Manuel de la Isabela, Puerto Plata, along with two employees this Sunday.
General Soto Jimenez said Reports suggest they would have been Haitians who had committed three murders but visited his paternal uncle’s farm where the incident took place.
“We are reporting the sad news that my paternal uncle, Juan Jose Soto, along with two of his employees, were killed on his farm in Rancho Manuel de la Isabela. , I have no other details, but I am traveling to the site to find out,” he wrote on Twitter.
Of the other three dead, employee Gilberto Basilio was the only one identified. The identity of the deceased woman has not been released.
The Haitian who worked with the cattle is said to be missing and police are investigating his whereabouts.
Agents of the Scientific Police, representatives of the Public Ministry and other intelligence agencies have arrived at the farm located in Estero Hondo.
Early versions show that victims have their throats slit.