Santo Domingo.– The Specialized Prosecutor for Administrative Corruption (Pepca) appealed the acquittal in favor of those accused of receiving bribes of US$3.5 million distributed by the Brazilian Aeronautical Company (Embraer) to benefit from the sale of eight Super Tucano aircraft .
In the appeal, the Public Ministry requests the revocation of the sentence, and that they be convicted because there is evidence that demonstrates that the defendants committed the acts they are accused of.
The judges of the Third Collegiate Court of the National District acquitted the accused, retired Major General Pedro Rafael Peña Antonio and Colonel Carlos Piccini Núñez, former director of Special Projects of the Dominican Air Force (FAD), alleging that the evidence provided did not show that they received bribes.
While the businessman Daniel Aquino Hernández was found not guilty, as well as the firms 4D Business Group and Magycor.
It is recalled that the process began in 2016 and the accusation was later presented in 2017.
