Blas Olivo

The journalist, who had gone missing as he was travelling in his vehicle from Bonao to Santga Domingo, was discovered murdered on the Duarte Highway near Pieda Blanca with four gunshots wounds in his body, according to police sources quoted in media. His car was recovered in the town of Palero, his relatives were quoted as saying.

Blas Olivo was also the press director of the Dominican Agribusiness Board (JAD) in the Dominican Republic.

Source: EFE

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