DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

A court has ruled that a massive land sale in the Los Tres Brazos neighborhood of Santo Domingo East was illegal. The decision comes as a victory for local residents who have long contested the sale of the property.

In a landmark ruling issued on 14 October 2024, the Third Chamber of the Original Jurisdiction Land Court of the National District declared null and void a 2010 agreement between the Dominican Corporation of State-Owned Enterprises (Corde) and Inversiones Fernández Parache & Asociados, S.R.L. (Infepa). The deal involved the sale of approximately four million square meters of land.

The court’s decision, case number 0313-2024-S-00140, found that the sale violated Dominican law. As a result, the court ordered the cancellation of the land title issued to Inversiones Fernández Parache & Asociados, S.R.L. for a specific parcel of land within the disputed area...