After an 11-hour hearing and three hours of deliberations, judge Ramon Horacio Gonzalez ordered three months preventive custody for suspended judge Awilda Reyes Beltre and resigning Judicial Branch Council (CPJ) judge Francisco Arias Valera. The instruction judge of the Penal Hall of the Court of Appeals of the National District decided that there was enough evidence to order detention at Najayo Jail as requested by the Specialized Prosecution for Administrative Corruption (PEPCA). The evidence includes a receipt signed by both Reyes and Arias for a RD$350,000 payment in return for releasing Pedro Brand councilor Ericson de los Santos Solis, accused of several contract killings. Both said they would appeal. Awilda Reyes is represented by Tomas Castro, and Arias Valera by Carlos Balcacer.
Envían a prisión a la jueza Awilda Reyes y exmagistrado Arias Valera
Juez Arias Valera niega sea cabecilla de red de sobornos a jueces; presenta renuncia
La renuncia de Francisco Arias Valera y las decisiones del Consejo del Poder Judicial
http://acento.com.do/2015/opinion/editorial/8300933-habra-medidas-de-coercion-con-los-jueces-denunciados/
Agencia EFE resalta Reyes Beltré involucró a Mariano Germán en caso corrupción jueces
http://www.7dias.com.do/portada/2015/12/17/i202241_prision-preventiva-najayo-los-jueces-awilda-reyes-francisco-arias.html