{"id":503372,"date":"2026-03-30T21:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/timeline-of-the-case-how-was-the-accusation-against-prosecutor-aurelio-valdez-alcantara-constructed\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:51:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:51:57","slug":"timeline-of-the-case-how-was-the-accusation-against-prosecutor-aurelio-valdez-alcantara-constructed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/timeline-of-the-case-how-was-the-accusation-against-prosecutor-aurelio-valdez-alcantara-constructed\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline of the case: How was the accusation against prosecutor Aurelio Valdez Alc\u00e1ntara constructed?"},"content":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo.<\/strong> \u2013 The case against prosecutor Aurelio Valdez Alc\u00e1ntara, accused of soliciting bribes to favor judicial processes, has been structured from a series of events that, according to the Public Ministry, evidence a pattern of irregular conduct in the exercise of his functions.\n\nThe Attorney General’s Office<\/strong> announced that the arrest of Valdez Alc\u00e1ntara occurred in flagrante delicto, after receiving in a controlled delivery, authorized by a judge, the sum of USD$ 10,000<\/strong> from a person under investigation, Roberto Cana\u00e1n.\n\nAccording to the Public Ministry, this is how the events happened: <\/a>\n\n\n

2017- Entry into the Public Ministry<\/strong>: Valdez Alc\u00e1ntara begins his career within the Public Ministry, serving as a fiscal prosecutor in various functions related to criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n\n\n2020- Integration into Pepca<\/strong>: The prosecutor becomes part of the Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca<\/a>), one of the key dependencies in the investigation of corruption crimes in the State.\n\nLater years: Exercise of investigative functions<\/strong>
During his time at Pepca, the defendant was responsible for sensitive investigations, with the capacity to influence the course of judicial proceedings.\n\n\n

Alleged Facts: Bribery Solicitation<\/strong>
According to the record, in the performance of his duties, the prosecutor allegedly requested money in exchange for favoring individuals involved in criminal proceedings. These actions would include the manipulation of investigations or the alteration of decisions within the cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also read: Hearing of prosecutor Aurelio Alc\u00e1ntara postponed<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\nOpening of internal investigation<\/strong>
The alleged irregularities would have been detected by the Public Ministry itself, giving rise to an investigation that culminated in the collection of evidence against them.\n\nPresentation of the Coercion Request<\/strong>
Finally, the Public Ministry, represented by its main authorities, files a coercion measure request against Valdez Alc\u00e1ntara before the court, based on article 230 of the Criminal Procedure Code.\n\nIn the document, the prosecuting body claims to have sufficient evidence to link the prosecutor to acts of administrative corruption, pointing to the Dominican State as the victim.\n\nNow, the process enters a new stage, in which the court must evaluate the arguments and determine the measures to be imposed, marking the formal beginning of the case in court.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Santo Domingo. \u2013 The case against prosecutor Aurelio Valdez Alc\u00e1ntara, accused of soliciting bribes to favor judicial processes, has been structured from a series of events that, according to the Public Ministry, evidence a pattern of irregular conduct in the exercise of his functions. The Attorney General’s Office announced that the arrest of Valdez Alc\u00e1ntara […]<\/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-503372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-26WU","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\/503372","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=503372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}