FINAL GODR EXTRADITION CASES UNDER PRESIDENT MEJIA

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 005503 SIPDIS DEPT FOR WHA/CAR (MCISAAC),L/LEI (FUENTES, TAYLOR) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR CRIM/OIA (MAZUREK, ORJALES, SOKOHL) US MARSHAL SERVICE PLEASE PASS TO C. DUDLEY DEA FOR OF, OFI, DO, DOC E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: CJAN KJUS PINR SNAR DR SUBJECT: FINAL GODR EXTRADITION CASES UNDER PRESIDENT MEJIA REF: A. 02 STATE 48927 ¶B. 03 STATE 211404 ¶C. 03 STATE 264992 ¶D. 03 STATE 264993 ¶E. 03 STATE 310979 ¶F. 03 STATE 347618 ¶G. STATE 65861 ¶1. (U) On July 30, 2004, seven fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals. They were as follows: a. Gornelio Serrano, reftel A, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on federal narcotics charges. b. Humberto Sanchez, reftel B, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on federal racketeering, money laundering, narcotics and narcotics conspiracy charges. c. Esteban Antonio Mercedes Espinal, reftel C, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on federal narcotics charges. d. Santos Frias Castro, reftel D, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on federal narcotics charges. e. Narciso Liriano Alamarante reftel E, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on federal narcotics charges. f. Bryant Rodriquez, reftel F, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on charges of impersonating a federal official and aiding and abetting the impersonation of a federal official. g. Rahdames Abreu, reftel G, wanted to stand trial in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County, on charges of armed robbery, kidnapping and unlawful possession of a weapon. ¶2. (U) The Dominican Republic's National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) and National Police, working with the assistance of U.S. Marshals, DEA agents, and FBI agents, arrested all seven fugitives. ¶3. (U) These seven successful extradition cases mark the final fugitives extradited under President Hipolito Mejia. They are the seventh through thirteenth fugitives extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States in 2004, and the 61st through 67th under the administration of President Mejia. HERTELL