DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WAIVES EXTRADITION RIGHTS,

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 003732 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR (SEARBY),L/LEI (TAYLOR,MUELLER) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR CRIM/OIA (ORJALES,MIHAS) US MARSHAL SERVICE PLEASE PASS TO JAMES SCHIED DEA FOR OF,OFI,DO,DCO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: CJAN CVIS DR KCRM SNAR SUBJECT: DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WAIVES EXTRADITION RIGHTS, RETURNS TO U.S. REF: 04 STATE 183511 ¶1. (U) On July 19, 2005, Jose Luis Severino Concepcion was returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Severino Concepcion is wanted to stand trial in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on federal narcotics offenses. ¶2. (U) Severino Concepcion was arrested by the Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) on an arrest warrant based on a USG request for extradition. Severino Concepcion waived his right to an extradition hearing in front of the Criminal Chamber of the Dominican Supreme Court and executed a witnessed, notarized affidavit indicating his desire to return voluntarily to the United States. ¶3. (U) The return of Severino Conception marks the 36th fugitive subject to extradition who has been returned to the United States during the second administration of President Leonel Fernandez. He is the 22nd fugitive returned from the Dominican Republic to the United States in 2005. HERTELL