The National Police of the Dominican Republic arrested citizen Bryan Rafael Gómez, known as “Petán”, upon disembarking at Las Américas International Airport on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. The detention occurred after his deportation from the United States, where he had been for more than five years. The detainee is sought by Dominican judicial authorities for alleged involvement in the events that took place in Villa Consuelo, National District, in March 2021, where Richy de Jesús Martínez and Catán Rodríguez Tatán lost their lives.
International cooperation and red notice
According to the police report, Gómez appears in international search records with a red notice issued by INTERPOL. The judicial request is backed by arrest warrant number 0170-ENERO-2023, issued on January 24, 2023 by the Coordination of the Instruction Courts of the National District. The red notice was used as a mechanism of international cooperation to locate the person while he was outside Dominican territory.
Deportation procedure and handover to authorities
The citizen was deported through a procedure managed by U.S. immigration authorities. The operation involved coordination of INTERPOL Santo Domingo, the General Directorate of Migration and the Repatriated Persons Unit of the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic. Upon arrival, Gómez was transferred to Vacacional de Haina, where reception procedures were carried out as a deported citizen.
Detention and pending judicial process
Once on Dominican territory, the detainee was handed over to the Department of Crimes and Offenses Against Persons (Homicides) of the National Police, the unit responsible for continuing the proceedings related to the case file. Gómez’s detention will allow the judicial process initiated by the Villa Consuelo events to continue. He will be placed at the disposal of the competent judicial authorities to proceed with the legal procedures corresponding to the arrest warrant.
Legal implications
Authorities point to Gómez for his alleged participation in the March 2021 homicides and accuse him of criminal association, homicide, and illegal possession of firearms. The case will proceed in the Dominican judicial system, with the possibility of formal charges being filed and his presence required at the corresponding hearings.
Relevance to the community
Gómez’s arrest and the continuation of the judicial process are signals of the Dominican authorities’ determination to pursue those presumed to have participated in serious crimes, even when they are abroad. The operation demonstrates the effectiveness of international cooperation and the implementation of international search mechanisms established by INTERPOL.
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