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10-29-2007, 04:20 PM
Just hours after issuing their verdicts on the BanInter corruption and fraud case, the three-judge panel went on vacation. According to El Caribe, Antonio Sanchez, Pilar Rufino and Esmirna Mendez handed down their decision on 21 October and have not returned to their offices since then. Their reason: Since taking on the case in February 2006 the magistrates had not had any vacation time during the 20 months and 105 court sessions. Ever since the decision was handed down the national press has been buzzing with opinions about the lenient nature of the punishment handed out to Ramon Baez Figueroa and his accomplices. The decisions are being appealed.
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