The Constitutional Court (TC) of the Dominican Republic has issued a final ruling that puts an end to the claims of the descendants of Rafael Le\u00f3nidas Trujillo, who were seeking to recover a large sum of money deposited in the Banco de Reservas since the year 1950. The decision, marked as TC\/0737\/26, declared the constitutional review appeal filed by Rafael Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n and Yolanda Altagracia Trujillo Lovat\u00f3n inadmissible.<\/p>\n\n
The claimants, children of the dictator’s extramarital relationship with Lina Lovat\u00f3n Pittaluga, were attempting to access the funds from certificate of deposit number 2117. According to their claim, the capital was to be transferred to Lovat\u00f3n Pittaluga following Trujillo’s death. However, the country’s highest judicial body determined that the request lacked the “special constitutional significance or relevance” required by Law 137-11 to proceed with the appeal.<\/p>\n\n
After the resolution was made known, various citizens expressed their position on this historic litigation. The majority of the opinions gathered support that the resources remain under state control, arguing that the assets accumulated during the dictatorship have an origin linked to the public treasury.<\/p>\n\n
I do not agree, not at all. When Trujillo was in power, what he produced was his and not the people’s. Therefore, that money does not belong to the Trujillo family, it belongs to the Dominican people.<\/p>Manuel Herrera, citizen consulted.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n
On the other hand, there were those who questioned the management of these funds within the State, raising doubts about their efficient use, while other sectors emphasized that the claimants did not perform productive work to generate said capital, thus disqualifying the legitimacy of their succession claim.<\/p>\n\n
That money can be used for infrastructure projects and for the benefit of Dominican society.<\/p>Anderson N\u00fa\u00f1ez, citizen consulted.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n
Judicial process details<\/h2>\n\n
The plenary of the Constitutional Court, under the presidency of magistrate Napole\u00f3n Est\u00e9vez Lavandier, thus validated the position that had already been held by the Supreme Court of Justice. The legal conflict centered on the interpretation of Law 57-85, regarding the confiscation of assets linked to the Trujillo family, as well as the regulations of the Civil Code on deposit contracts.<\/p>\n\n
With this ruling, the SCJ-PS-25-086 judgment issued in April 2025 is confirmed, which ratified the decisions of lower courts that favored Banco de Reservas. In this way, the Dominican State maintains possession of the assets in dispute, closing a judicial chapter that has persisted for years on the national agenda.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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