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The owners of a nightclub in the Dominican Republic where the roof collapsed killing 235 people face a maximum of just two years in prison.

By Frances Robles

Reporting from Florida

It was 2:23 p.m. on a Monday in Santo Domingo, 379 tickets had already been sold for a big show that night at the Jet Set disco, and the club’s reservations manager, Gregorio Adames, was getting worried: Chunks of the roof were falling, knocking down ceiling panels.