Giving information to prove the accusation against Alexis Medina and the other defendants in the Pulpo case, in addition to returning assets and showing repentance, was what the Public Ministry relied on to reach agreements with three other defendants in this judicial process.
Contrary to Francisco Pagán, who agreed to a special sentence and to pay more than 40 million pesos, including a fine, compensation and return, Julián Suriel Suazo, Domingo Santiago Muñoz and Lewin Ariel Castillo, did not deliver as many assets or a large sum of money, but yes useful data
In their favor, the Public Ministry asked Judge Deiby Peguero to approve the negotiations, the terms of which vary depending on the information they offered and their level of responsibility for the facts that are imputed to them.
Of the three mentioned above, Julián Suriel Suazo, accused of being a figurehead for Alexis Medina, who would have led a corruption network to defraud the State, was the one who agreed to give the most money, amounting to more than two million pesos (this includes a fine and compensation).
After admitting his guilt, the anti-corruption prosecutors requested for him a sentence of five years in prison, of which two years and one month will be deprived of liberty, and the rest under the modality of suspended sentence.
They also asked the judge to order the confiscation of $917,000, and more than eight million pesos seized during the search carried out on the defendant, and other objects, such as a heavy machine valued at three million pesos.
“Cooperate with the investigation of this process and testify with respect to the information known to him and to those involved… His repentance and his intention to cooperate to subdue the other responsible parties,” the Public Ministry specifies in the abbreviated criminal procedure agreement that was signed last December 8 and released more than a month later.
On his side, Domingo Santiago Muñoz, who also acknowledged being a figurehead for Alexis Medina, agreed with the Special Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca) a criterion of opportunity, by which, if the judge accepted him, he would not serve any sentence. .
He was removed from the case after giving information and “compensating the damage caused to the State by returning the stolen funds.” Pepca based the negotiation on the provisions of article 370 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
As indicated in the agreement, Santiago Muñoz will return a property located within a condominium located in Cap Cana.
While for the former official Lewyn Ariel Castillo, Pepca asked magistrate Peguero to order the conditional suspension of the procedure for a period of three years under the conditions of residing in a certain place and refraining from traveling abroad during the agreed time.
Castillo was a purchasing analyst for the Supply Management of the Eastern Electricity Distribution Company (Edeeste) and pleaded guilty to carrying out maneuvers to benefit companies linked to Medina with contracts from the entity.
