Santo Domingo, April 16, 2025 (AFP) - Family seeks homicide charges against owners of collapsed Dominican nightclub

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2025-04-16

The family of one of 231 people killed when a Dominican nightclub roof collapsed on concert-goers is seeking manslaughter charges against the establishment's owners, according to a legal filing Tuesday. The widow and parents of victim Virgilio Cruz filed a complaint with prosecutors, claiming the owners of the Jet Set nightclub had been negligent in "safety design" and modifications made to the building, now in ruins. The family argued there was......

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