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Experts Match Ceiling Overload Caused Jet Set Collapse

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SANTO DOMINGO. – The Public Prosecutor’s Office reported this Friday that three experts presented during the trial for the collapse of the Jet Set roof agreed that the structure collapsed due to weight overload, a conclusion that, according to the prosecution body, supports the theory of responsibility against the defendants Antonio Espaillat and Maribel Espaillat. [...]
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Santo Domingo. — During the cross-examination in the trial for the collapse of the Jet Set, the technical defense questioned the expert of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Eduardo Fierro, about the differences between various thickness values recorded in the expert report. Attorney Jorge Luis Polanco presented different parts of the report to the engineer and asked him to explain [...]

The trial for the collapse of the Jet Set discotheque continued this Friday with the statement of a third expert presented by the Public Prosecutor's Office and who participated in the study presented by Onesvie, who again pointed out the structural overload as a cause of the collapse, while the defense concentrated its interrogation on questioning the scope of those conclusions.The seismic and structural engineer Eduardo Adolfo Fierro declared …

SANTO DOMINGO. – The Public Prosecutor’s Office reported this Friday that three experts presented during the trial for the collapse of the Jet Set roof agreed that the structure collapsed due to weight overload, a conclusion that, according to the prosecution body, supports the theory of responsibility against the defendants Antonio Espaillat and Maribel Espaillat. [...]

SANTO DOMINGO. – Mexican expert Eduardo Adolfo Fierro, presented as an expert witness in the judicial process due to the collapse of the roof of the Jet Set discotheque, stated that each new layer of fine placed on the structure should be subjected to an analysis to determine if the beams had the capacity to withstand the additional weight. [...]

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Dominican Republic.–The Fourth Criminal Chamber of the National District, presided over by Judge Franny González Castillo, plans to resume the hearing at 9:00 a.m. to continue listening to specialists linked to the investigations carried out on the rubble and... Read more › La entrada Today will continue the trial of the Espaillat brothers was first published in Remolacha - News Dominican Republic.

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The trial against the brothers Antonio and Maribel Espaillat will continue this Friday with the presentation of the technical elements on the conditions that preceded the collapse of the roof of the Jet Set... discotheque.

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N Digital broke the news on Friday, September 11, 2026.
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