DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Prosecutors continue to reach deals with the accused in the Medusa Operation in hopes of accelerating the corruption case against former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez. State prosecutors are accepting reduced sentences in exchange for the statements of evidence against Rodriguez.

Lisandro Jose Macarrulla Martinez, son of the first Minister of the Presidency in the Abinader administration, Lisandro Antonio Macarrulla Tavarez, admitted to paying bribes to obtain contract work from the Attorney General Office under former Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez. Lisandro Macarrulla Martinez joins an increasing list of contractors and suppliers to the Attorney General Office under Rodriguez, who is the main culprit in the major corruption case known as Operación Medusa.

In the case of Macarrulla Jr., the prosecution asked for three years of suspended detention and a...