Pubdate: Tue, 18 Dec 2001
Source: New York Times (NY)
Section: World Briefing
Copyright: 2001 The New York Times Company
Contact:  http://www.nytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/298
Author: David Gonzalez

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: ARRESTS IN KILLING

The police arrested five men who mortally wounded a senator from the 
governing party last week in what now appears to have been a botched 
robbery attempt. Sen. Dario Gomez of the Revolutionary Democratic Party was 
shot after he arrived at a friend's home, and there was speculation that he 
had been the target of drug dealers because he was co-author of a bill that 
mandated stiffer penalties for money laundering. But the men who were 
arrested said they had shot Mr. Gomez only to disable him during a robbery, 
the police said.
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