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Maxy Gerardo Montilla Sierra / CDN

The high-profile corruption case against Maxy Gerardo Montilla Sierra, the brother-in-law of former President Danilo Medina, has reached a definitive conclusion. A judge has approved a significant “opportunity criterion agreement” that extinguishes all criminal charges against Montilla and his associated companies in exchange for massive financial compensation and the dissolution of the firms involved.

Judge Reymundo Antonio Mejía Zorrilla of the First Instruction Court of the National District homologated the agreement, effectively ending the penal process for alleged acts of corruption, money laundering, bribery, and fraud against the Dominican state and the power distribution companies: Edeeste, Edesur, and Edenorte.

The judicial resolution cited Article 370.6 of the Penal Procedure Code, noting that the defendant “collaborated effectively” with...