DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Attorney General Office’s Public Ministry (PGR) requested on Monday, 30 March 2026, a one-year preventive detention measure against prosecutor Aurelio Valdez Alcantara. Valdez Alcantara was arrested in a sting operation for allegedly accepting a US$10,000 bribe from an individual under criminal investigation related to the ongoing governmental Senasa medical insurance case.

The 50-page coercive measure request was filed by prosecutor Andrés Mena before Judge Ysis Muñiz Almonte, a Special Instruction Judge of the Penal Chamber of the National District Court of Appeals. The case is being personally overseen by Attorney General Yeni Berenice Reynoso and Deputy Prosecutor Wilson Camacho, head of the Prosecution of Corruption Specialized Agency (PEPCA).

Details of the extortion allegationsAccording to the investigation, Valdez Alcantara’s demands to Senasa case informant Roberto...