The Third Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of the National District ratified the measure of coercion consisting of house arrest that was imposed on the defendant in the Antipulpo case and former inspector of the dissolved Office of Supervisory Engineers of State Works (Oisoe), Aquiles Alejandro Christopher Sánchez .
However, the appellate court allowed him to go out three times a week within a radius of five kilometers under surveillance so that he could not exercise for health reasons.
With the appeal, the defendant sought that the appellate court vary the measure of coercion imposed by the Seventh Investigative Court of the National District, consisting of house arrest.
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There are 27 people charged in the case, including Alexis Medina; the former vice president of the Patrimonial Fund of the Reformed Companies (Fonper), Carmen Magalys Medina; the former president of that institution, Fernando Rosa; the former Minister of Public Health, Lorenzo Hidalgo Núñez (Freddy); José Dolores Santana Carmona and Wacal Bernabé Mendez Pineda.
Also, the former director general of the Office of Supervisory Engineers of State Works (Oisoe), Francisco Pagán, and the former inspector of that institution, Aquiles Christopher.
In addition, Julián Esteban Suriel Suazo, the former Comptroller General, Rafael Antonio Germosén Andújar; Domingo Antonio Santiago Muñoz, Carlos Martín Montes de Oca Vásquez and Paola Mercedes Molina Suazo.
It also includes 21 companies, including General Supply Corporation SRL, Domedical Supply SRL, Fuel America Inc. Dominicana SRL, and Globus Electrical SRL