Politician will get home arrest in Dominican Republic corruption case
A decide within the Dominican Republic on Tuesday ordered an ex-presidential candidate held beneath home arrest and two former high-ranking officers jailed whereas awaiting trial in a file $347 million embezzlement case linked to unlawful marketing campaign financing.
Gonzalo Castillo, a former public works minister who gained 37% of the vote when he ran within the 2020 normal elections and misplaced to present President Luis Abinader, was held beneath home arrest on $365,000 bond.
Donald Guerrero, former treasury minister, and José Ramón Peralta, former administrative minister to the presidency, had been ordered held with out bail for 18 months.
The decide additionally banned former comptroller normal, Daniel Omar Caamaño, from leaving the nation, and positioned former director of the State Sugar Council, Luis Miguel Piccirilo, beneath home arrest.
It wasn’t instantly clear if their attorneys would attraction the choice.
A complete of 20 suspects have been arrested within the case.
Officers of Gonzalo Castillo’s Dominican Liberation Social gathering have accused prosecutors of investigating solely former authorities officers whereas turning a blind eye to corruption allegations in opposition to Abinader’s present administration.
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