Overview
- The victim was identified as Antonio Jiménez López, 59, an entrepreneur from Dos Hermanas who had traveled to the country with his Dominican-born wife.
- His body was discovered Sunday in the trunk of a car on the La Trujillita road near Damajagua, in the El Maizal area of Valverde province.
- A forensic doctor estimated he died 11 to 20 hours before discovery and attributed the death to cerebral hypoxia from external hemorrhage caused by a gunshot to the head.
- Dominican national police and the Ministerio Público have opened inquiries, the body was transferred to the national forensic institute, and no arrests have been announced.
- Spain’s Foreign Ministry said the Consulate in Santo Domingo is in contact with the wife and family to provide consular assistance.