{"id":497459,"date":"2026-01-12T16:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/broad-front-calls-for-applying-the-full-weight-of-the-law-against-the-espaillat-brothers\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T17:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:00:13","slug":"broad-front-calls-for-applying-the-full-weight-of-the-law-against-the-espaillat-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/broad-front-calls-for-applying-the-full-weight-of-the-law-against-the-espaillat-brothers\/","title":{"rendered":"Broad Front calls for applying the full weight of the law against the Espaillat brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo<\/strong>. \u2013 The Frente Amplio called on the justice system to act with firmness, independence, strict <strong>adherence to the law and apply the full weight of the law against the brothers Antonio and Maribel Espaillat<\/strong>, pointed out by the Public Ministry as directly responsible for the tragedy that caused the collapse of the roof of the Jet Set Club nightclub, an event that caused the death of 236 people and left more than a hundred injured.\n\nThe political organization stated that this case cannot be caught up in delaying tactics or privileges derived from economic power, as it is one of the greatest tragedies recorded in the recent history of the country.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Nine months later, families are still mourning their loved ones and awaiting answers. Justice must act with historical responsibility and punish those responsible, as human life cannot continue to be sacrificed in the name of profit, corporate negligence, or impunity,&#8221; stated Mar\u00eda Teresa Cabrera, president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@frenteamplio1311\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@frenteamplio1311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frente Amplio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nCabrera emphasized that the country hopes the judicial process advances without pressure and that the preliminary hearing convened marks a decisive step towards truth and reparation.\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>You can also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/frente-amplio-y-alianza-pais\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frente Amplio and Alianza Pa\u00eds condemn attacks in Venezuela<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Public Ministry has presented technical evidence, expert opinions, and testimonies that describe a chain of irresponsibilities. What corresponds now is for the courts to send a clear message: in the Dominican Republic, no one is above the law,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe leader of the Broad Front reiterated her solidarity with the victims and their families, who she affirmed not only demand criminal justice, but also guarantees of non-repetition and a serious reform in the supervision protocols of buildings and high-attendance establishments.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This tragedy must mark a before and after and that the memory of the 236 lives lost becomes a public commitment against negligence, corruption and impunity,&#8221; he concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo. \u2013 The Frente Amplio called on the justice system to act with firmness, independence, strict adherence to the law and apply the full weight of the law against the brothers Antonio and Maribel Espaillat, pointed out by the Public Ministry as directly responsible for the tragedy that caused the collapse of the roof [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133543,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-497459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25px","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Carolina \u00c1lvarez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-26-at-5.31.57-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133543"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}