DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Attorney General Office issued a press release that concludes the managers of the JetSet Club knowingly acted with negligence and lack of responsibility, yet despite the severity of the evidence, the prosecutors give a category of involuntary homicide to the collapse of the roof that killed at least 236 persons and injured another 180 on 8 April 2025. If the prosecutors maintain the category of involuntary manslaughter in the case, the accused face a maximum sentence of two years in jail.

A recent preliminary report commissioned by the National Office for Seismic Assessment and Infrastructure and Building Vulnerabilities (Onesvie) and presented on 11 June 2025 provides evidence of years of structural modifications and overloading of the roof that eventually resulted in its collapse on that tragic evening with a full house crowd inside. The report is...