Former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez in the Medusa case and former director of the Tourism Security Corps (Cestur) Juan Carlos Torres Robiou in the Coral and Coral 5G cases are the exceptions to the corruption cases in which almost all accused have been allowed to post bonds. In contrast, their cases continue at the slow pace of the Dominican judiciary. The legal defense of the accused are also responsible for several postponements of hearings.
In the case of corruption against Rodriguez, Judge Amauri Martinez of the Third Court of Instruction of the National District ordered that he continue under domiciliary arrest and to use electronic shackles. Rodriguez’s lawyer Nelly Rivas, said they will appeal.
Rodríguez is the main defendant in the corruption case called Operation Medusa, which has a 12,274-page file prepared by state…
