A meeting is scheduled for this Tuesday between the Public ministrysome defendants in the corruption case anti octopus and their lawyers to continue negotiating agreements that help dismantle the alleged corrupt structure.
The information was revealed by one of the defendants who requested that his name be reserved and by the Litigation Coordinator of the Public ministry, Mirna Ortizwho said that “the agreements will be announced when they are concluded.”
The persecuting body had already made agreements with some of the defendants, as is the case with the former director of the now-defunct Office of State Works Supervising Engineers (OISOE), Francisco Pagan Rodriguez in 2021.
pagan, who went from preventive detention to house arrest, advanced in the delivery of goods and money and confessed to the Public ministry having acquired an apartment in the Alco Paradisso Residential Tower, located on José Aybar Castellanos street, in La Esperilla, with an area of 481.94 meters.
In the hearing this Monday, the network that allegedly headed Alexis Medina Sanchezbrother of the former President of the Republic, Danilo Medinaadvanced in the presentation of replies to the accusations contained in a file of 3,445 pages presented by the Public ministry.
At least 10 of 47 indicated between individuals and companies have succeeded in presenting their views before the judge Deiby Timoteo Peguero of the Seventh Investigative Court of the National District.
The The Public Prosecutor’s Office has asked the court to issue an order to open the trial on the merits in the understanding that the defense itself has justified that the file is very extensive and voluminous.
“Each defense has the opportunity to refute the evidence provided by the Public Ministry, but none has presented anything significant or that could destroy the accusation”said Judge Ortiz.
On his side, defense lawyers who did not agree to a negotiation with the Public ministry stated that everyone who reaches an agreement is because they consider themselves guilty or alluded to.
They also criticized that up to this point in the hearing, the accusing body has not presented those who have collaborated before the judge, although they say that everyone has the right to seek a procedural solution using the defense mechanisms they understand; in this case the negotiations and agreements.
The hearing schedule for Operation Anti-Octopus has been established for Monday and Friday of each week from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
In addition to Alexis Medina SanchezHer sister, Magalis, is implicated in the case, who allegedly took advantage of her relationship with the former head of state to win tenders in public institutions.
The hearing that is held on Mondays and Fridays It is in the preliminary stage. The alleged criminal network spread on the government train during the eight years of the government of former president Danilo Medina.
