2005News

Joint DA involved in bribery

National District Joint DA, Carlos Guerra Mirabal, was arrested yesterday and is due to be indicted today after allegedly accepting a bribe of RD$900,000 from two men accused of robbery. According to Listin Diario, the men, who had stolen US$200,000 and RD$700,000 from Arcadio Pichardo’s house, also gave Guerra Mirabal a vehicle valued at RD$225,000 and RD$150,000 in cash as a “gratuity” for having “resolved” the case in such a “diligent” manner. District Attorney Jose Manuel Hernandez Peguero suspended Guerra Mirabal, who is detained in the cells at the Palace of Justice in Ciudad Nueva.