SANTO DOMINGO.- The First Collegiate Court of the National District, made up of judges Esmirna Giselle Méndez, Tania Yunes and Jissel Naranjo, postponed this Monday to November 3, the hearing against those involved in the Coral and Coral 5G cases, due to an alleged medical condition of Major General Adán Benoni Cáceres Silvestre, which led to a 45-day medical leave.
In this Monday’s hearing, it was expected to complete the incorporation of evidence by the technical defense of the accused Boanerges Reyes Batista, Franklin Antonio Mata Flores, José Manuel Rosario Pirón, Carlos Augusto Lantigua Cruz and Colonel Rafael Núñez de Aza.
Prosecutor Jonathan Pérez Fulcar, assigned to the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca), explained that the Public Ministry requested the formation of a medical board through the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif) to verify the veracity of the time established by the license presented, since it was not accompanied by a clinical history nor does it explain what procedure produced a rest. so long.
In that sense, the judges rescheduled the hearing, requesting that the defense provide the corresponding medical documentation to the Public Ministry.
The Public Ministry assured that, weeks after concluding the trial, the defense of Major General Adán Benoni Cáceres Silvestre is seeking to have his file broken down from the main trial against the defendants who were part of the administrative corruption network that was dismantled with operations Coral and Coral 5G.
Since last August 29, the Public Ministry concluded the presentation of more than 2,900 evidence that supports the accusation against generals Adán Cáceres, Julio Camilo de los Santos Viola, Juan Carlos Torres Robiou and others involved in the corruption network that defrauded the Dominican State of more than RD$4.5 billion.
The evidence presented includes 2,201 documentary evidence, 141 expert reports, 282 statements from witnesses and experts, 184 procedural evidence and 104 material evidence, such as firearms, luxury watches, electronic equipment, real estate, vehicles and cash.
In addition, 214 properties were identified in different provinces, 86 high-displacement vehicles and more than RD$28 million and US$55 thousand in cash, all requested for confiscation. The seized assets have generated income from rentals and agricultural production amounting to more than RD$86 million, also claimed in favor of the State.
The Public Ministry accuses Cáceres Silvestre, former head of the Presidential Security Corps (Cusep), of leading a network made up of 30 individuals and 18 legal entities, which operated between 2012 and 2020, diverting public funds, including intelligence resources from Cusep and the Specialized Tourist Security Corps (Cestur).
