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Santo Domingo.- The Public Ministry has presented more than 300 of the more than 430 witnesses who support the accusation against the alleged network that integrated generals Julio Camilo de los Santos Viola, Adán Cáceres Silvestre and other police and military officers who allegedly defrauded the State of more than 4,500 million pesos.
The fiscal prosecutor Jonathan Pérez Fulcar, attached to the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca), offered the information after concluding Thursday's hearing in the First Collegiate Court of the National District, said the Attorney General's Office in a statement.
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In the hearing, the prosecuting body concluded the cross-examination of the expert from the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif) responsible for the financial report that was incorporated as evidence.
Said report evidenced "multiple transactions aimed at concealing stolen public funds and the acquisition of real estate" by the accused.
Pérez Fulcar highlighted that the defenses of the accused De los Santos Viola and Cáceres Silvestre failed in their attempt to diminish the merits of the expert report, as it was authenticated and incorporated into the court for its assessment in this case of administrative corruption with the largest number of witnesses to date.
"It was shown that De los Santos Viola acquired more than 20 real estate properties between 2018 and 2021, and that Adán Cáceres Silvestre's income was not even enough to cover the loan installments he was taking on. Those payments were made by Rafael Núñez de Aza, financial manager of the institution," explained prosecutor Pérez Fulcar.
The court adjourned the hearing until Tuesday, May 13, at 9:00 a.m., when the Public Prosecutor's Office will continue with the presentation of evidence, with the aim of obtaining exemplary sentences.
According to the Pepca, the group of defendants, headed by the former heads of the Presidential Security Corps (Cusep), Adán Cáceres Silvestre, and the Specialized Corps of Tourist Security (Cestur), Juan Carlos Torres Robiou, diverted public funds between 2012 and 2020 through irregular purchases of food rations, fuel, and the appointment of police and military personnel, who were paid less than 30% of their salary, appropriating the rest.
Among those charged in the network dismantled with Operation Coral and Operation Coral 5G are also Army Major Raúl Alejandro Girón Jiménez, Rossy Maybelline Guzmán Sánchez, alias la Pastora; her son, police corporal Tanner Antonio Flete Guzmán; Colonel Rafael Núñez de Aza; Navy Sergeant Alejandro José Montero Cruz; Air Force General Julio Camilo de los Santos Viola, and José Manuel Rosario Pirón, among others.
