The spouse of former Minister of Finance and administrator of the Banco de Reservas Vicente Bengoa has gone public with a family dispute. Tania Cordero, who has two minor children with Bengoa and has been married to Bengoa for 12 years, said that after the brain stroke her husband suffered in 2017, the elder children of Bengoa have him kidnapped and she has suffered from financial restraints.
She denounced the situation after meeting with National District prosecutor Rosalba Ramos together with her lawyer Jose Miguel Vasquez. Cordero said she had to appeal to the Children’s Court, so her children, ages 3 and 7, could see their father. She said prior to her husband suffering the stroke, her relations with his elder children were cordial.
She denounced that Bengoa is mistreated by his offspring and subject to a judicial interdiction procedure, where a court has ordered the Dominican Medical Guild (CMD) to appoint three specialists to evaluate his condition.
In 2007, in addition to being Secretary of State for Finance, he was appointed President of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery (Refidomsa) and representative of Dominican government in the Petrocaribe agreement with Venezuela. Previously, he was Superintendent of Banks from 1998 to 2000 and administrator of the state commercial bank, the Banco de Reservas 2012-2013.
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El Caribe
Listin Diario
6 February 2019
