Antipulpo Case: Court sets full reading of the sentence for September 25

Santo Domingo – Early this Thursday morning, the Second Collegiate Tribunal of the National District issued its verdict in the emblematic Antipulpo case, handing down prison sentences, suspended sentences, and acquittals against several of the accused in one of the most relevant corruption scandals of the last decade in the Dominican Republic. In that regard, the Court decided to set the full reading of the sentence for next September 25th at 9:00 AM.

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The main person involved, Alexis Medina Sánchez, brother of former President Danilo Medina, was sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty of bribery, money laundering, and criminal association. He must serve his sentence at the Najayo-Hombres Correctional Center. In the same ruling, the court sentenced the former director of the State Works Supervisory Engineers Office (OISOE), Francisco Pagán, to five years of suspended imprisonment, after accepting the collaboration agreement he signed with the Public Ministry.

On the other hand, Alexis Medina’s sister, Carmen Magalys Medina Sánchez, former president of the Patrimonial Fund of Reformed Companies (Fonper), was acquitted, as was Fernando Rosa, former director of the same organization, and other implicated parties. Also convicted were José Dolores Santana Carmona, to six years in prison in Najayo-Hombres; Wascar Bernabé Méndez, Paola Molina Suazo and Martín Monte de Oca, each to five years in prison in Najayo; while Víctor Matías Encarnación Montero was sentenced to five years of suspended prison and a fine of RD$500,000.

In contrast, judges Claribel Nivar Arias (president of the court), Yissel Soto and Clara Sobeida Castillo decided to acquit several of the accused, including Lina de la Cruz, Rafael Antonio Germosén, Fulvio Antonio Gómez, Liny Valenzuela, Aquiles Alejandro Cristofer and Antonio Florentino Méndez, due to insufficient evidence. In the case of the former Minister of Public Health, Freddy Hidalgo, the court ruled a “no ha lugar”, determining that there was not enough evidence to establish a criminal offense against him.