Funeral services begin for the murdered minister in the Dominican Republic

The Minister of the Environment of the Dominican Republic dies in his office 2:04 (CNN Spanish) — The body of the Minister of the Environment of the Dominican Republic, Orlando Jorge Mera, was transferred on Monday night from the National Institute of Forensic Sciences to the funeral home, where it is being prepared to begin the funeral ceremonies with the body present. According to the family, at 12:30 PM (local time) this Tuesday, a mass will be held in the chapel of the National Palace. After the Eucharist, he will be transferred to the Blandino Funeral Home in Santo Domingo where he will be exhibited to the public starting at 2:00 PM (local time). This Wednesday, the Modern Revolutionary Party, to which the late minister belonged and of which he was president from 2015 to 2019, will pay tribute to him at his National House in a solemn act, as reported on his Instagram account. After his exposure at the national house of his political party, the official’s coffin will be transferred to the Puerta del Cielo Cemetery in Santo Domingo, where he will receive a Christian burial. The president of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, will attend the funeral ceremonies for Orlando Jorge Mera that will be held in the chapel of the National Palace before traveling to the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, the presidential spokesman told CNN. . Abinader decreed this Monday an official mourning on June 7, 8 and 9 for the death of Mera, who died this Monday as a victim of a homicide when he was in his office, as confirmed by the government spokesman Homero Figueroa in a video of the Presidency posted on Twitter. “The information we have handled so far indicates that the Minister of the Environment lost his life this morning when he was attacked in his office with a firearm,” said Figueroa.