DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE COSME WAIVES EXTRADITION

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 005053

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR SEARBY, L/LEI FOR TAYLOR AND MUELLER
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR CRIM/OIA MAZUREK AND ORJALES
US MARSHAL SERVICE PLEASE PASS TO CHRIS DUDLEY
DEA FOR OF, OFI, DO, DCO

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: CJAN DR KCRM SNAR
SUBJECT: DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE COSME WAIVES EXTRADITION
RIGHTS, RETURNS TO U.S.



1. On November 4, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jose M. Cosme
(aka Fausto Candelario Ortiz) to the United States for trial
in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut
based on series of federal indictments charging narcotics
offenses: superseding indictment 3:01CR224 (AWT) charged
conspiracy to possess and distribute 500 grams or more of
cocaine; indictment 3:02CR61 (AWT) charged conspiracy to
possess and distribute, as well as both possession with
intent to distribute and "aiding and abetting" the possession
and distribution of, 5 kilograms or more of cocaine; and
indictment 3:02CR62 (AWT) charged conspiracy to possess and
distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine.


2. Following the issuance of a Dominican arrest warrant based
on a USG request for extradition, Cosme was apprehended on
October 30, 2005, by officers of the Dominican National
Directorate for Drug Control. Cosme subsequently made a
free, knowing, and voluntary waiver of further local
proceedings before the Criminal Chamber of the Dominican
Supreme Court. His decision to submit to US extradition was
properly witnessed on October 31, 2005.


3. Cosme is the 41st fugitive extradited to the United States
during the second administration of President Leonel
Fernandez. He is the 28th fugitive extradited from the
Dominican Republic to the United States in 2005.
HERTELL