DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

After 9pm on Sunday, 14 December 2025, Judge Rigoberto Sena of the National District Permanent Attention Court returned to the courthouse after deliberation and ordered the maximum 18-month pre-trial imprisonment at Najayo Jail following the indictment presented by the Attorney General towards the former director of the National Health Insurance plan (Senasa) plan, orthopedian Santiago Hazim Albainy and six others – Rafael Luis Martinez Hazim, Gustavo Enrique Messina Cruz, German Rafael Robles Quiñones, Francisco Ivan Minaya Perez, Ramon Alan Speakler Mateo and Ada Ledesma Ubiera. Ubiera was ordered to the Najayo women’s jail. The judge also declared the case complex that gives more time for the hearings.

In line with a request from the Public Ministry, Judge Sena also imposed less severe measures—including house arrest, travel bans, and periodic reporting—on Eduardo Read...