Eladio Pérez

Eladio Antonio Pérez Núñez (18 February 1956 – 5 November 2008) was a deputy and member of the

Partido Revolucionario Dominicano The Dominican Revolutionary Party ( es, link=no, Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, PRD) is a political party in the Dominican Republic. Traditionally a left-of-centre party and social democratic in nature, the party has shifted since the 2000 ...

(PDR) who ran and was defeated in a May 2006 election to the

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in the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...

for the office representing the district of

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. He was twice before elected to the Congress, serving in 1982–1986, and from 1986 to 1990. Pérez was killed in a shooting in a small jewelry store on 5 November 2008 in San Carlos. He was shot by the owner of the store who claimed Pérez and three others were engaging in robbery attempt. Pérez's relatives claim he went to the store to collect for a large debt. {{DEFAULTSORT:Perez, Eladio 1956 births 2008 deaths Dominican Revolutionary Party politicians Deaths by firearm in the Dominican Republic