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Court upholds pretrial detention for seven defendants in Senasa case

According to the court, the Court of Appeal of the National District upheld pretrial detention for seven of the eight defendants in the Senasa 2.0-A case and…

--- The context --- The Second Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of the National District heard the defense appeals in the Senasa 2.0-A case, according to the court, on measures imposed on eight defendants. --- The facts --- According to the court, it upheld pretrial detention for seven of the eight defendants and ordered house arrest for Elsa de la Rosa. The hearing lasted approximately 10 hours and concluded on Wednesday night. The court kept the measure depriving seven defendants of liberty and modified the measure for surgeon Elsa de la Rosa. According to the Public Prosecutor file, De la Rosa is attributed alleged irregularities in claims for RD$2,052,051.20. --- The positions --- The defenses filed the appeals examined by the judges, according to the source. After deliberating, the court kept detention for seven and varied the measure for one defendant, without that amounting to a conviction. --- What remains unknown --- The source does not set the date of the next stage or define the merits of the alleged irregularities attributed. The eight remain defendants under coercive measures, not convicted persons, and the process continues. --- Unanswered questions --- When will the next stage against the eight defendants be heard? What scope will the house arrest for Elsa de la Rosa have? How will the merits of the alleged irregularities attributed be assessed? --- EPM analysis --- The ruling decides on coercion, not on the merits. What is attributed remains undefined and subject to what the process establishes through evidence and adversarial argument. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, upholding or varying a coercive measure is a decision about the process, not a declaration of guilt against any defendant. Valuing due process requires attributing each fact to its source, preserving the presumption covering the accused and awaiting a definition on the merits before any definitive public judgment on the alleged irregularities noted in the file.
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