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