He Public Ministry described as a decision of “lights and shadows” the judgment of the Second Collegiate Court of the National District that imposes a 7 -year condemnation Prison against Juan Alexis Medina Sánchez and download some of the accused of the case that was derived from the Antipulpo operation And that the judges themselves defined as a case in which corruption was evidenced “full, absolute and deep“
When leaving the audience in the early hours of this Thursday, the attached attorney Wilson Camachoholder of the General Directorate of Persecution of the Public Ministryhe referred to the lights of the judgment explaining that “in this process is The operational manager condemned of this network, Juan Alexis Medina Sánchezwhich is also Brother of an former president of the Republic “.
“In this process, in addition, they were all companies convicted of this network of corruption. It was also ordered confiscation of all goods Of the people who were convicted, “he said.
“This court also hosted the agreement made by the Public Ministry with Víctor Matías Encarnación Montero (former technical director of the OISOE) and condemned the accused to the Payment of fines“Camacho said, in responding to journalists who asked about the decision of the Judges Claribel Nivar (President of the Court), Yissell Soto Peña and Clara Sobeyda Castillo.
The attached attorney represented the Public Ministry In audience with the MIRNA ORTIZ cutting attorneyholder of the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Persecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca). The team was also made up of prosecutors Elizabeth Paredes, Yoneivy González and Ernesto Guzmán.
Camacho recalled that the process had already reached five other convictionsbefore the judgment From this Thursday, four of them admitted the facts at the preliminary audience. “I am talking about Francisco Pagán, Juan Esteban Suriel, Domingo Santiago and Lewi Castillo who add to those sanctioned by this process and another person who is María (Isabel) of the Miracles (Castellan Torres) that was also condemned in a process for unimputable,” he said.
He argued that in the judgment Of the judges “there are some shadows and those shadows are linked to some discharges such as Fernando Rosa and Magalys Medina Sánchezwhich are discharges that, in the opinion of the Public MinistryThey are one Incorrect appreciation of the tests that we have presented and from now on we can tell you that Let’s appeal those discharges“Camacho said.
He insisted that “the case theory of Public Ministry It was tested in this case”.
“The bribe was tested, the scam against the statethe association of malefactors, the falsification, that is, the criminal types presented by the Public Ministry They were tested, “he said.
“Something that we set ourselves from day one: there will not be a single court in the Dominican Republic that could say that there was no evidence, there will not be a single court that could say that there was no evidence and in this case, this court has not been the exception and has had to admit that the Public Ministry He brought enough evidence for the decision they produced, in the terms that they produced it, “Camacho said.
Before issuing judgmentthe judges themselves stated: “Society has definitely standing at all this scourge, because corruption, without a doubt, has been evidenced in this case: it has been full, absolute and deep… “.
In the voice of Judge Yissell Soto Peña the court took a moment to reflect on the deep institutional deterioration of the society that could evidence with the corruption cases that presents the Public Ministry.
“Every time he knows a case (the court), it is as if he felt that he is in an involution process, things are more serious. And I think, we believe we, that we have to reflect ourselves“, said.
“It is not that we have all the prosecutors working to put a prison Less category public employees They should not be blinded to corruption.
“We can’t have a careless blindness Because if we do we are going to get involved in bad things, “he said prior to claiming that technically, and according to his criteria, the court could not” subsume “some punishable behaviorswhich did not mean, he said, that the judges did not appreciate how bad the things were judged.
“Hopefully Let’s start changingbecause if we do not learn to change, we will always have these processes and They will always be bad: We talk about that boy in the neighborhood that kills someone to steal a cell phone, if we equate things, we don’t sincerely know what is worse, “Judge Soto Peña said.
THE DECISION OF THE JUDGES
Medina Sánchezwho directed the corruption framework, was found guilty of Frone in commerce and investment, money laundering, use of false documents, Malchechores Association.
The court too condemned José Dolores Santana Carmona to the penalty of 6 years in prison already 5 years Wacal Vernabel Méndez PinedaFrancisco Ramón Brea Morel, Carlos Martín Montes de OcaRigoberto Alcántara Batista and Paola Mercedes and Víctor Matías Encarnación.
- The defendants Medina SánchezJosé Dolores Santana Carmona, Wacal Vernabel Méndez PinedaPaola Mercedes and Rigoberto Alcántara Batista and several companies must pay 500 million to the Dominican state.
Also, companies Domedical Supply SRL; Fuel American Inc.; General Supply Corporations SRL; General Medical Solution Am Srl; Kyanred Supply SRL; Suim institutional suppliers Méndez SRL; United Suppliers Corporations SRL; WattmaxDominicana SRL; WMI International SRL; Wonder Isand Park SRL; Acorpor SRL; Ichor Oil Srl; GLOBUS ELECTRICAL SRL; Contracts Solutionservices CSS SRL; Constructora Alcántara Bobea (Conalbo) SRL; Engineering & Construction Pic SRL projects; RESIVESAPT INVESTMENT SRL; Suhold Transport and Logistics SRL.
Juan Alexis Medina Sánchez And the other convicted must Fulfill the prison In correction and rehabilitation centers Najayo Men and Najayo Womenin the province of San Cristóbal, in addition to that they must pay the criminal costs of the process.
By virtue of the agreement to which he arrived with the Public Ministrythe processing Víctor Matías Encarnación Montero was found guilty and sentenced to 5 years in prison, providing the court to suspend the penalty, subject to rules, among which are residing in the home that was notified to the court. Also, he was sentenced to the payment of the criminal coast and the Payment of a fine 500 thousand pesos.
The goal that were Fernando Rosa acquitted, Carmen Magalys, Freddy HidalgoRafael Antonio Germén Andújar, Lina Ercilia de la Cruz Vargas, Pachristy Emmanuel Ramírez, Carlos José Alarcón, Libni Arodi Valenzuela Matos, José Miguel Genao Torres, Antonio Florentino Méndez, José Idelfonso Correa Martínez, Aquiles Alejandro Christopher Sánchez and Fulvio Antonio Cabreja Gómez Gómez
Also, the CEMARAF AND EDITORAMA COMPANIES were acquitted by washing and released from the payment of the criminal coasts of the process.
Full reading of the judgment was set for the Next September 25.
In his decision, released around 3:40 in the morning, the Judges Claribel Nivar (President of the Court), Yissell Soto Peña and Clara Sobeyda Castillo, highlighted the Testing forcefulness presented by him Public Ministry after recognizing the Complexity of the case. “Historically this court had not had this experience.”
In addition, they established that Alexis Medina He participated in public hiring without complying with legal requirements and used multiple companies to benefit from State contracts.
About Alexis Medinahe Public Ministry established that the defendant, using different companies in Violation of Law 340, He obtained countless contractsthe facts have an impact on the Ministry of Public Health with high -cost medicines, hospitals equipment, in the Ministry of Public Works with asphalt material, and the participation of purchases in Edeeste. In the National Police with fuel for more than 220 million of those that did not deliver approximately 32 million.
The Court was able to verify that to the company Fuel America He lacked basic requirements to participate in the Purchasing process To replace the fuel to the National Police.
In addition, he found and verified the affectation of different bombs of the National Police that complete the more than 32 million that pointed to the Public Ministry In your accusation.
In reading it stood out in relation to the National Police: “The anomalies that the court identified They are amazing“
Also, it was confirmed that they were given bribes in the unit of Rural and suburban electrification (URS).
The judges rejected the exclusion of evidence contributed by the accusing body, establishing that in the collection thereof complied with due process of law.
He Court rejected several incidentsamong them, that of the defense of Achilles Christopher relative to the Term violation 48 hours for the presentation of coercion measure, in which they requested the Nullity of research by error of form (out of time).
After conclude the trial On July 30, the Court set on Wednesday, August 13, at 11:00 in the morning, the Decision reading. Subsequently, they postponed it for 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
About six hours later, specifically at 10:45 p.m. Wednesday, the Court started with motivations. Previously, President Claribel Nivar apologized for the delay after indicating that they had three days of hard work to respond in the case in a timely manner.
He explained that May 10, 2023 The court was proxy to the process, during which they developed 127 days and a large number of hours were exhausted in coordination with the team of the Judicial Office.
