{"id":472922,"date":"2025-06-25T17:28:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T21:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/felix-portes-appeals-coercion-measure-imposed-on-those-accused-of-jet-set-roof-collapse\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:28:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T21:28:15","slug":"felix-portes-appeals-coercion-measure-imposed-on-those-accused-of-jet-set-roof-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/felix-portes-appeals-coercion-measure-imposed-on-those-accused-of-jet-set-roof-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"F\u00e9lix Portes appeals coercion measure imposed on those accused of Jet Set roof collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo.-<\/strong> Criminal lawyer <strong>F\u00e9lix Portes<\/strong> filed an appeal this Wednesday before the <strong>Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of the National District<\/strong>, representing more than twenty families affected by the collapse of the roof of the Jet Set entertainment center, a tragedy that left 236 dead and more than 180 injured.\n\nThe legal action seeks to reverse the decision of the Tenth Instruction Court, which imposed non-custodial coercive measures against the defendants Antonio Espaillat L\u00f3pez and Maribel Espaillat de Veras, including a financial guarantee of RD$50 million each, a ban on leaving the country, and periodic reporting.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/Wagner \u201cEl Gallero\u201d Taveras se habr\u00eda entregado a la justicia tras balacera en Puerto Plata\">http:\/\/Wagner \u201cEl Gallero\u201d Taveras se habr\u00eda entregado a la justicia tras balacera en Puerto Plata<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nPortes maintains that the acting judge, F\u00e1tima Scarlette Veloz Su\u00e1rez, should have recused herself from the process due to alleged conflicts of interest. He also questions that a partial assessment of the evidence was made, leaving out key statements that warned about the deterioration of the premises before the collapse.\n\nThe court, declaring the case as complex, granted the defendants a period of seven days to pay the bail, warning that if they failed to comply, they would be sent to penitentiary centers.\n\nThe Public Ministry has twelve months to present its concluding act, in a process that continues to be closely followed by the affected families and public opinion, awaiting justice for the magnitude of the tragedy.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.- Criminal lawyer F\u00e9lix Portes filed an appeal this Wednesday before the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of the National District, representing more than twenty families affected by the collapse of the roof of the Jet Set entertainment center, a tragedy that left 236 dead and more than 180 injured. 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