DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The judges of the First Collegiate Court in Santiago found Spanish citizen Ambiorix Nepomuceno Rodriguez guilty of the death of Puerto Plata lawyer Paola Languasco in 2015. He was sentenced on Monday, 19 June 2023 to 20 years in prison.

The court ordered the convicted person to pay the legal expenses of the process and compensation of RD$10 million to the parents of Paola Languasco, Leopoldo Languasco and Antonia Jiménez.

Judges Juan Carlos Colón, Yiberty Polanco and Claribel Mateo ordered that the sentence be served at the Rafey Hombres Correction and Rehabilitation Center in Santiago.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office proved that the accused violated articles 295 and 304 of the Dominican Penal Code, which typifies the association of evildoers and complicity.

Prosecutor Garcia explained that during the inspection at the crime scene...