To José Ángel (Jochi) Gómez Canaán, the main person identified in the operation Chameleon and who is accused of being responsible for the sabotage of the traffic light network in August, 25 were seized watches luxury, some of which have a unit price of up to 3,500,000 dollars, a cost that at the current rate of that currency would amount to 210 million pesos.
In the power of Gómez Canaán, the Public Ministry also found five armsin three vehicles that were retained, two of them modified; a type gun rifle “for tactical shooting”, in violation of article 69 of Law 631-16, according to the Public Ministry in your request measure of coercionwhich is known this Tuesday.
The other weapon that was modified is a shotgun 12 rifle.
The watches
Among the 25 watches that the authorities found in the apartment Gómez raid, which is located in the Yolanda Morales sector, includes six of the Richard Mille brands; one of them “black RM52-01ANAN CA-TZP 02/30”, which has a cost of more than 1,353,351 euros, according to the Chrono24 page.
The 1,353,351 euros, converted into Dominican pesos, would amount to more than 90 million pesos, at the current rate.
They also seized a Pablo Mac Donough (RM53-01CA01/30), valued at $3,500,000, according to the First Class Time Pieces website; three from the Patek Philippe brand, five from Rolex and five from the Swiss brand Audemars Piguet.
The weapons
In both vehicles in which he was transferred last Thursday to the Attorney General’s Office, where, in principle he would only be interrogated and then detained, the following were found:
- gun Glock 19, caliber 9 mm, serial ACRS425
- gun Glock 17, 9mm
- gun Carandaí brand, 9 millimeters, serial K21543
- shotgun 12, serial SP13787, modified to resemble a rifle
- gun Glock 17 mm, serial No. AZG145, “illegally modified”
“This firearm (the gun Glock 17 mms serial No. AZG145) which is in the name of José Ángel Gómez Canaán, presented a modification through a conversion kit with the serial number PN-GB2475136, which converts a type weapon gun to rifle for tactical shooting operation, this in violation of article 69 of Law no. 631-16″, adds the request for measure of coercion.
In the raids, the prosecutors took from the residence of the inserted equipment caps and a t-shirt with the yellow logo of the Ministry of Defense, with the identification of the Command, Control, Communication, Computers, Cybersecurity and Intelligence Center of the Armed Forces, known as C5i, polo Ralph Lauren brand t-shirts, red, of the Ministry of Defense, Covid-16 Unit, and a green and black bulletproof vest-type jacket.
“electronic equipment as an electronic device (GPS) Garmin brand, black with red, series 5TC155146, with the letters SOS, which coincides with the one presented to the media as the ‘red button to turn off the traffic lights’ by Mr. Carlos Balcácer”, indicates the application submitted to the Permanent Attention Office that will decide whether or not to send the accused to prison.
After the irregularity of the Intrant contract with Transcore Latam was detected, that company threatened to turn off the traffic lights last year.
He Public Ministry attributes to Gómez the real ownership of Transcore Latama company that won the irregular tender in the Intrant under the management of Hugo Beras.
- In addition to Gómez Canaán and Beras, the operation chameleon involves former Intrant officials Frank Rafael Atilano Díaz Warden, Dispatch coordinator and representative of Beras before the Purchasing Committee; Samuel Gregorio Baquero Sepúlveda, former Director of Technology; Pedro Vinicio Padovani Báez, former head of the Intrant Traffic Control Center; Juan Francisco Álvarez Carbuccia, former Administrative and Financial Director; and Carlos José Peguero Vargas, in charge of technical-computer matters of the company. Jochi Gomez.
