Santo Domingo, DR: The head judge of the Sixth Investigating Court of the National District Yanibet Rivas was ratified to settle the Coral and Coral 5G cases after being challenged by the lawyer of two of the defendants in the case for allegedly knowing about the merger of the two files.
The First Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeals rejected the arguments put forward by the defense to challenge the magistrate, who this Friday continues to lead the hearing for this case of alleged administrative corruption.
The Public Ministry has filed charges against 48 people (30 physical and 18 legal), accused of defrauding the Dominican State with more than 4,000 million pesos.
The alleged corruption network operated in the Presidential Security Corps (Cusep), the Specialized Tourist Security Corps (Cestur), and the National Council for Children and Adolescents (Conani).
Among the defendants are Major General Cáceres Silvestre, Rossy Guzmán Sánchez (La Pastora), Police Corporal Tanner Antonio Flete Guzmán (La Pastora’s son), Police Colonel Rafael Núñez de Aza and Army Sergeant Alejandro José Montero Cross.
In Operation Coral 5G, derived from Coral, Generals Juan Carlos Torres Robiou (FARD), Boanerges Reyes Batista (ARD), and Julio Camilo de los Santos Viola (FARD) were arrested, as well as the captain of the ship (ARD) Franklin Mata Flowers. and José Manuel Rosario Piron.
Also implicated in the case are Carlos Lantigua, Alfredo Pichardo, Erasmo Roger Pérez, Jehohanan Lucía Rodríguez, Yehudy Blandesmil Guzmán, and Esmeralda Ortega Polanco.
