Santo Domingo.- Attorney General Francisco Domínguez Brito says that two assistant prosecutors in San Pedro de Macorís are under arrest after being caught accepting a bribe of half a million pesos.
They were named as Solaine Vargas and Pedro García, and both were arrested while accepting RD$500,000 from relatives of a defendant.
The money received by the prosecutors had been marked by the authorities as part of an operation following up on several reports of irregularities.
“This deed is unacceptable and regrettable. If we want to fight corruption at all levels, in no way can we permit anyone to act on the margins of the law within our institution,” said Domínguez Brito, who said that members of the Justice System had to serve as an example.
Coercion measures will be announced this afternoon.
