{"id":153048,"date":"2022-06-06T20:23:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T00:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=153048"},"modified":"2022-06-06T20:23:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T00:23:50","slug":"dominican-republic-cabinet-minister-killed-in-his-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/dominican-republic-cabinet-minister-killed-in-his-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic cabinet minister killed in his office"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Dominican Republic\u2019s minister of the environment and natural resources was shot and killed in his office on Monday, according to officials.\u00a0CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP<\/em>.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>

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Authorities said Orlando Jorge Mera was shot by an unknown person. No further details were immediately available.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are troubled by the situation,\u201d Mera\u2019s ministry said in a brief statement.<\/p>

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Bartolom\u00e9 Pujals, executive director of the government\u2019s Cabinet of Innovation, wrote that he lamented the killing.<\/p>

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\u201cHis death is a tragedy,\u201d he said. \u201cWe Dominican have to come together to achieve a pact for peace and peaceful coexistence. No more violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mera also was an attorney and a founding member of the Modern Revolutionary Party. He was appointed minister of the environment and natural resources in August 2020.<\/p>

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The Dominican Republic\u2019s minister of the environment and natural resources was shot and killed in his office on Monday, according to officials.\u00a0CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP. Authorities said Orlando Jorge Mera was shot by an unknown person. 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