State prosecutors announced the court accepted to incorporate the agreement signed between the Attorney General (under former AG Jean Alain Rodríguez) whereby Odebrecht had accepted to pay the Dominican government US$184 million in compensation for the US$92 million in bribes paid to expedite government contracting by the company in the Dominican Republic. Of this amount, Odebrecht had only paid US$60 million before declaring bankruptcy.
Also accepted by the court were the minutes of the raid on the offices of the Brazilian construction company in Santo Domingo, where reportedly several of the contracts for works that the construction company allegedly obtained in exchange for bribes to former public officials were seized.
Speaking for the prosecution, Mirna Ortiz told journalists that the incorporation of the agreement as evidence against the six accused in the case is “extremely important”, because it includes Odebrecht’s admission of guilt that it paid bribes in the Dominican Republic.
The defense of the six accused in the case has downplayed the importance of the alleged evidence.
The trial against the six accused of allegedly benefiting from Odebrecht bribes will continue on Thursday, 29 April 2021.
The accused are Andres Bautista García, defended by Carlos Salcedo, López Hilario and Thiago Marrero. Angel Rondón, defended by Miguel Minier, Emery Rodríguez and Fernand Ramos. Víctor Díaz Rúa is defended by Miguel Valerio, Laura Rodríguez and Manuel Núñez. Tommy Galán is defended by José Ricardo Taveras, José Fis and Hirohito Reyes. Roberto Rodríguez is defended by Claudio Estephen. Conrado Pittaluga is defended by Conrad Manuel Pittaluga, Santiago and Manuel Rodríguez, Edward Beras and Erick Raful.
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Listin Diario
23 April 2021