The Santo Domingo Court of Appeals annulled the case of corruption in office against former President Salvador Jorge Blanco (PRD-1982-1986). He had been sentenced in 1988 to 20 years in prison and fined RD$100 million. The court ordered a retrial in the case against him and his collaborators Leonel Almonte, retired General Manuel Antonio Cuervo Gomez and Juan Tomas Pe?a Valentin.
