Despite facing the possibility of months of preventive detention, and in some cases, even a conviction sentence of several years, defendants in judicial proceedings in the courts of the Dominican Republic have appeared smiling and calm before the press.
Such is the case of Hugo Berasformer director of the National Institute of Traffic and Land Transportation (Intrant) and involved in the Camaleón case, who yesterday Wednesday smiled while being escorted by three agents from the High Risk Transfer Unit (UTAR) to the hearing room of the Office of Permanent Attention of the National District, where they would know a measure of coercion.
Likewise, Frank Diaz Wardenformer Dispatch Coordinator and representative of Beras before the INTRANT Purchasing Committee, smiled as he raised his right hand upward and then clenched his fist.
Likewise, last Tuesday the smile of José Ángel Gómez Canaán (Jochi Gómez)owner of the Aurix company and another of those linked to the Camaleón case, during the hearing of the precautionary measure.
Also added to the list Emanuel Rivera Ledesmaidentified by the Public Ministry as the leader of a network that defrauded dozens of people with real estate projects, which was dismantled through Operation Nest. The “expression of happiness” of Ledesma was observed during the process of learning about coercion against him.
another that showed “to the teeth” at the exit of one of the hearings against her was the self-proclaimed neuroscientist Elizabeth Silverio Silienaccused of usurping functions in the health area through the Knowledge Land Center for Neurocognitive and Psychopedagogical Therapies (Kogland).
While, to Wesly Vincent Carmona (El Dotolcito)sentenced to 15 years in prison for his participation in the death of young Joshua Fernández, could be seen smiling on several occasions during the judicial process against him. As explained by his father, Vincent Carmona (Dotol Nastra), this is because, when his son gets very nervous, “he starts laughing.”
Ah, but we can’t fail to mention Gonzalo Castilloformer Minister of Public Works and Communications and accused in the Calamar case, who almost always appeared smiling and calm when entering or leaving the hearings.
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