GODR EXTRADITES 11 FUGITIVES

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 006309 SIPDIS DEPT FOR WHA/CAR (MCISAAC),L/LEI (FUENTES, TAYLOR) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR CRIM/OIA (MAZUREK, ORJALES, SOKOHL) U.S. MARSHAL SERVICE PLEASE PASS TO C. DUDLEY DEA FOR OF,OFI,DO, DOC E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: CJAN KJUS KCRM PINR SNAR PREL DR SUBJECT: GODR EXTRADITES 11 FUGITIVES REF: A. STATE 03704 ¶B. STATE 24572 ¶C. 03 STATE 343815 ¶D. 03 STATE 347620 ¶E. 03 STATE 343388 ¶F. 03 STATE 262070 ¶G. 03 STATE 310979 ¶H. 03 STATE 246577 ¶I. STATE 25752 ¶J. 03 STATE 249037 ¶1. (U) On November 18, 2004, 11 fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals and courtesy of the DEA air wing. They were as follows: a. Francisco Billini, reftel A, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on federal money laundering and narcotics charges. b. Jorge Canela, reftel B, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on federal narcotics charges. c. Jeremias Gomez, reftel C, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on armed robbery/bank robbery charges. d. Agustin Henriquez, reftel D, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on federal narcotics charges. e. Francisco Antonio Martinez, reftel E, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on federal narcotics charges. f. Osvaldo Pache, reftel F, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on federal narcotics charges. g. Manuel Antonio Paulino, reftel G, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on federal narcotics charges. h. Ramon Pimentel, reftel H, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on federal narcotics charges. i. Bienvenido Roa, reftel I, wanted for the imposition of a sentence in connection with his guilty plea in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on federal narcotics charges. j. Rafael Rodriguez Carvajal, reftel J, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on federal narcotics charges. k. Joel Nunez, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on federal narcotics charges. ¶2. (U) These 11 successful extradition cases mark the first fugitives extradited during the second administration of President Leonel Fernandez. They are the fourteenth through twenty-fourth fugitives extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States in 2004. KUBISKE