Identifier	Created	Classification	Origin
05SANTODOMINGO3444	2005-07-01 21:17:00	UNCLASSIFIED	Embassy Santo Domingo

Cable title:

DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES

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					  UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 003444 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR (MCISAAC) AND L/LEI (TAYLOR, MUELLER) 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR CRIM/OIA (ORJALES, MIHAS) 
US MARSHAL SERVICE PLEASE PASS TO JIM SCHIELD 
DEA FOR OF, OFI, DO AND DCO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: CJAN CVIS SNAR KJUS DR
SUBJECT: DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES 
 
REF: STATE 95607

1. (U) On July 1, 2005, Dominican fugitive Rocque
Rodriguez Gonzalez was returned to the United States in the
company of a U.S. Marshal. Rodriguez Gonzalez is wanted to
stand trial in the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York on charges that he conspired to
distribute cocaine, ref A.

2. (U) Rodriguez Gonzalez was arrested by the Dominican
National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) on an arrest
warrant issued pursuant to a USG request for extradition.
Rodriguez Gonzalez waived his rights to an extradition
hearing in front of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court
and executed a witnessed, notarized affidavit indicating his
desire to return voluntarily to the United States.

3. (U) Rodriguez Gonzalez is the 35th fugitive subject to
extradition who has been returned to the United States during
the second administration of President Leonel Fernandez. He
is the 21st fugitive returned from the Dominican Republic to
the United States in 2005.
KUBISKE