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The court will announce the ruling on July 29th.
n” “nSANTO DOMINGO.- While presenting its conclusions at the preliminary hearing of the criminal proceedings against the criminal network composed of police officers who stole thousands of projectiles from the National Police, the Public Prosecutor’s Office requested the Second Instruction Court of the National District that all defendants be sent to trial.
n” “nLitigating prosecutor Enmanuel Ramírez, from the Public Ministry’s General Directorate of Prosecution, stated that the accusing body is confident that an order to open a trial will be issued against all the defendants as requested by the Public Ministry.
n” “n“We trust that this court will fully accept the indictment and will send the defendants who did not reach an agreement to trial so that the evidence presented by the Public Prosecutor’s Office against them can be heard,” said Ramirez to journalists who approached him as he left the court that operates in the Ciudad Nueva Palace of Justice.
n” “n“Due to the strength of this accusation, two of the defendants reached an agreement with the Public Prosecutor’s Office through a plea bargain, and two others requested to go directly to trial and presented a positive defense,” he specified.
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Marino Rodríguez was sentenced to 5 years of house arrest, while Miguelina Bello Segura was sentenced to three years, of which one year and 6 months are house arrest, and one year and 6 months are suspended. Regarding Táctical Accesories RH, S.R.L., the closure of the company was ordered, as well as the confiscation of multiple pieces of ammunition and firearms seized during the raid on its premises.
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n” “nRamírez recalled that the case came to light in the month of November 2024 when the theft of thousands of rounds of ammunition and firearm accessories was detected at the National Police Weapons Intendancy.
n” “nHe indicated that the Public Prosecutor’s Office during the process filed an accusation against the then intendant, Colonel Féliz Romero, and other defendants who were part of this group that was dedicated to the theft of ammunition and accessories, which they subsequently sold to private individuals and military personnel.
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“Today, before the Second Instruction Court, the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca) presented the indictment, the defense’s rebuttals were heard, and the ruling was set for July 29 of this year,” said Enmanuel Ramírez, who represented the Public Ministry in the litigation along with prosecutors Rosa Ysabel Mejía and Melbin Romero.
Judge Patricia Padilla set the ruling for this preliminary stage for July 29, 2026.
n” “nPersecution against criminal structure
n” “nThe criminal group, which was arrested following the launch of Operation Pandora, is accused of being part of a corruption network that embezzled 92 million 191 thousand 732 pesos and 92 cents from the State, through the theft of thousands of munitions and supplies that were under the custody of the National Police Arms Intendancy during the administration of Colonel Narciso Antonio Féliz Romero, who is currently in preventive detention for his connection to the case.
n” “nThe file also involves Captain Nelson Valdez, who is in preventive detention and was in charge of the Weapons, Ammunition, and Supplies Depot of the police force at the time the criminal organization was dismantled following the launch of Operation Pandora in November 2024.
n” “nLikewise, Víctor Manuel Santos Rodríguez, Ángel Rubiel Martínez Bacilio, Juan Luis Díaz Medina, Juan Miguel Soler Pérez, and Morelbin Medina Pérez are being prosecuted and are serving various coercive measures.
The Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca) accuses 11 individuals in the Operation Pandora case file of the theft and illicit sale of the institution’s projectiles, weapons, and explosives.
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According to the investigation, the defendants participated directly in the illicit maneuvers with the objective of diverting assets owned by the National Police to then proceed to sell them illicitly and obtain economic benefits from these sales to the detriment of the Dominican State.
n” “nThe group is accused of conspiracy of officials, prevarication, embezzlement, and criminal association in violation of several articles of the Dominican Penal Code, as well as violating Law 631-16 on Weapons and engaging in money laundering derived from the illicit trafficking of firearms, ammunition, explosives, and their accessories and other related materials. Also, for alteration, falsification, subtraction, and concealment of evidence.
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