The Dominican Republic's environment minister, Orlando Jorge Mera, was shot dead during a meeting on Monday by a businessman and longtime friend, who has been taken into custody, the government said.
A lawyer and politician, Jorge Mera was the son of former president Salvador Jorge Blanco (1982-86) and had headed the environment ministry since mid-2020. He was 55.
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