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Woman, 70, and two accomplices arrested in the Dominican Republic after authorities discovered she was plotting her own kidnapping to defraud her daughter for $40,000 — to help one of the men pay off $6,600 in witchcraft debt
- Deisy Hernández was arrested for plotting her own kidnapping in Villa Altagracia, Dominican Republic, on Friday
- The 70-year-old woman and Roberto De Jesús came up with a plan to help Yorby Soto get out of a $6,600 debt he had with a person who practiced witchcraft
- Hernández faked her kidnapping in the central city of Bonao on Oct. 20 and had a man call her daughter to demand a $40,000 ransom, Soto told police.
- Soto said he was in debt after hiring the services of a person to practice witchcraft spells on his own mother
- Soto was driving Hernández to the town of Los Alcarrizos in Santo Domingo when they were detained by authorities in his vehicle
- Hernández, De Jesús and Soto were all detained in Villa Altagracia as of Sunday. Costs are still pending
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A police bodycam video captured the moment a seven-year-old was rescued before Dominican Republic authorities discovered she was plotting her own kidnapping to defraud her daughter of $40.00 and help pay off one of her accomplice’s witchcraft debts. to pay.
Deisy Hernández, 70, plotted with Roberto De Jesús to fake her kidnapping at her home in the central city of Bonao on Oct. 20 and a man had contacted her daughter to demand a ransom, National Police spokesman Diego Pesqueira revealed Sunday.
Authorities rescued Hernández and arrested kidnapper Yorvy Soto’s money in the municipality of Villa Altagracia while on their way to the town of Los Alcarrizos in Santo Domingo.
Deisy Hernández was arrested Friday after police in the Dominican Republic learned she staged her own kidnapping to help her boyfriend, Yorby Soto, get out of a $6,600 debt he owed to a person he hired. to cast witch spells on his own mother. Hernández, 70, had a man contact her own daughter on October 20, asking for $40,000 in exchange for her release
Yorby Soto was taken into custody on Friday by Dominican Republic authorities in Villa Altagracia after he was detained with his friend, Deisy Hernández, for plotting her own kidnapping to help him get out of debt.
Soto confessed to investigators that Hernández and De Jesús had approached him with a plan to help him get out of debt he had with a person he had hired to cast spells on his own mother.
Soto told police he had been given a date for him to come up with the $6,600 or risk his mother dying.
He added that he was not aware that Hernández and De Jesús had requested a larger amount from Hernández’s daughter.
According to Soto, De Jesús was responsible for collecting the ransom at a location yet to be determined in exchange for Hernández’s release before
Deisy Hernández was found in the back of the vehicle Friday, nine days after she staged her own kidnapping to defraud her own daughter of $40,000
Soto told police he was unaware that Hernández and De Jesús were seeking $40,000 from her own daughter instead of the $6,600 he really needed to get out of debt.
Yorby Soto is accompanied after his arrest by a member of the police of Villa Altagracia
Video footage showed two officers approaching Soto’s vehicle on a street near a highway intersection before he was pinned to the ground and arrested.
Hernández sat in the backseat with her hands tied.
One of the police officers asked her if she was okay, while another questioned Soto about the whereabouts of the other people involved in the kidnapping.
De Jesús was arrested during a separate police operation in Villa Altagracia.
Hernández, Soto and De Jesús have all appeared before a local prosecutor in Villa Altagracia, but have yet to be formally charged.
“As for the alleged abductee, Deisy Hernández, no evidence of violence or ill-treatment has been found against her,” the police said in a statement. ‘It appears from the reports and testimonies of the detainees that she was helped by them to coordinate and/or plan the way in which they would achieve their goal.’