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Andrés Bautista: what happened in the Odebrecht case in the Dominican Republic case

Former president of the Dominican Senate. Dominican prosecutors charged Bautista in the Odebrecht bribery case, and a judge sent him to trial at the preliminary hearing, according to El Día.

Outcome todayBautista was acquitted at trial in October 2021, and the acquittal stood after the Public Ministry did not appeal, according to El Día and El Nuevo Diario in January 2022.

Every court stage

  1. Sent to trial at the preliminary hearing by Judge Ortega1
  2. Acquitted, along with Tommy Galán, Roberto Rodríguez and Conrado Pittaluga, when the court delivered its verdict in the Odebrecht trial2,3Primer Tribunal Colegiado del Distrito Nacional
  3. Acquittal confirmed. El Día and El Nuevo Diario reported that the Public Ministry did not appeal, leaving him fully discharged in the case.3,4

Response

No public response is recorded in the cited sources.

Sources

  1. El Día, Dos condenados en 2021 por Odebrecht (29 December 2021)
  2. Diario Libre, Ratifican condena a Díaz Rúa en caso Odebrecht (19 May 2023)
  3. El Día, Queda confirmado el descargo de Andrés Bautista del caso Odebrecht (26 January 2022)
  4. El Nuevo Diario, Queda confirmado descargo de Andrés Bautista del caso Odebrecht (25 January 2022)