José Agustín Silvestre de los Santos

Year: 2011

Nationality: Dominican Republic

Killed by: Criminal Group

Location: La Romana, Dominican Republic

Press organization: La Voz de la Verdad, Caña TV

What's José Agustín Silvestre de los Santos's story?

The body of Silvestre, a magazine director and television host, was found on a highway outside La Romana with gunshot wounds to the head, neck, and abdomen. Silvestre, 59, had been seized by four men outside a La Romana hotel about an hour earlier, at 8 a.m., and forced into a Jeep, according to press reports.

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