In a surprising legal twist, the company Editorama, allegedly used as a front in a multimillion-dollar corruption scheme involving Alexis Medina Sánchez, was acquitted last Thursday, 14 August 2025 by the Second Collegiate Court of the National District, despite earlier court rulings implicating it in money laundering, Diario Libre reports.
Diario Libre explains that María Isabel de los Milagros Torres Castellanos, accused of acting as a frontwoman for Medina through Editorama, had previously been convicted in a separate, expedited trial. However, while Torres Castellanos was found guilty of laundering funds linked to companies owned by Medina — including Full American Inc Dominicana, Domedical Supply, and General Medical Solutions AM — the company itself has now been cleared of any wrongdoing.
This acquittal starkly contrasts with earlier judgments, including those from the Fourth Collegiate Court of the National District, the Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of Justice, which had tied Torres Castellanos’ money laundering activities directly to Editorama. In 2023, those rulings led to Torres Castellanos being ordered to surrender a property located in Brisas de Guavaberry, San Pedro de Macorís, as part of her sentence.
Furthermore, the newspaper highlights that still, in the latest ruling — which concluded the main corruption trial last Thursday — Editorama was acquitted alongside 13 individual defendants, despite its alleged role in facilitating suspicious financial transfers for Medina’s business network.
In contrast, Alexis Medina Sánchez, the brother of former President Danilo Medina, was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison for bribery, money laundering, and criminal association. The court also handed down five- and six-year sentences to seven other co-defendants. Medina’s sentence will be served at Najayo Men’s Prison, pending appeal.
The panel of judges — Claribel Nivar Arias (presiding), Yissel Soto, and Clara Sobeida Castillo — emphasized the distinction between individual criminal responsibility and corporate liability in their decision to acquit Editorama.
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DR1 News
19 August 2025