Judge Rosa Maria Almonte Francisco from Monsenor Nouel province has handed down three months on remand in jail to a lawyer and a mother accused of selling three of her four children to two brothers from Puerto Rico.
Those remanded are Maria Yesenia Goris Tavarez aged 24 and her lawyer, Juan Jose Vargas.
Goris Tavarez was supposedly paid US$10,000 as a down payment of RD$1 million for the three children aged 3, 7 and 8 years. She denies the charge.
Tres meses de prisión para un abogado y una madre por intentar vender sus hijos