Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05SANTODOMINGO5068
2005-11-16 20:28:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Santo Domingo
Cable title:
DOMINICAN FUGITIVES NIN TERRERO, CUEVAS NIN, AND
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 005068
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 FUGITIVES NIN TERRERO, CUEVAS NIN, AND
GASTON RAMOS EXTRADITED TO U.S.
UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 005068
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 FUGITIVES NIN TERRERO, CUEVAS NIN, AND
GASTON RAMOS EXTRADITED TO U.S.
1. On November 15, 2005, US law enforcement officials
returned alleged Paulino Castillo gang members Lidio Arturo
Nin Terrero and Tirso Cuevas Nin, as well as alleged Hidalgo
gang member Cristian de Jesus Gaston Ramos, to the Southern
District of New York for trial based on a variety of federal
indictments charging narcotics related offenses and, in the
case of Gaston Ramos, murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
Indictment number S6 04 CR-1352 (KMW) and S6 04 CR-1353
(KMW) charged Nin Terrero and Cuevas Nin respectively with
both conspiracy to import cocaine and distribution of cocaine
with the intent to import into the United States. Indictment
S4 02-CR-401 (KMW) charged Gaston Ramos with conspiracy to
commit murder, murder, and both conspiracy to distribute and
possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, as
well as money laundering.
2. Following the issuance of a Dominican arrest warrants
based on USG requests for extradition, the fugitives were
apprehended by officers of the Dominican National Directorate
for Drug Control: Nin Terrero and Cuevas Nin on June 11,
2005; Gaston Ramos on July 17, 2005. All were ultimately
found extraditable by the Criminal Chamber of the Dominican
Supreme Court after multiple appeals. Extradition was then
approved in separate presidential decrees.
3. With these extraditions, 44 fugitives have now been
returned to the United States during the second
administration of President Leonel Fernandez. Thirty-one
(31) fugitives have now been extradited to the United States
in this calendar year.
HERTELL
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 FUGITIVES NIN TERRERO, CUEVAS NIN, AND
GASTON RAMOS EXTRADITED TO U.S.
1. On November 15, 2005, US law enforcement officials
returned alleged Paulino Castillo gang members Lidio Arturo
Nin Terrero and Tirso Cuevas Nin, as well as alleged Hidalgo
gang member Cristian de Jesus Gaston Ramos, to the Southern
District of New York for trial based on a variety of federal
indictments charging narcotics related offenses and, in the
case of Gaston Ramos, murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
Indictment number S6 04 CR-1352 (KMW) and S6 04 CR-1353
(KMW) charged Nin Terrero and Cuevas Nin respectively with
both conspiracy to import cocaine and distribution of cocaine
with the intent to import into the United States. Indictment
S4 02-CR-401 (KMW) charged Gaston Ramos with conspiracy to
commit murder, murder, and both conspiracy to distribute and
possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine, as
well as money laundering.
2. Following the issuance of a Dominican arrest warrants
based on USG requests for extradition, the fugitives were
apprehended by officers of the Dominican National Directorate
for Drug Control: Nin Terrero and Cuevas Nin on June 11,
2005; Gaston Ramos on July 17, 2005. All were ultimately
found extraditable by the Criminal Chamber of the Dominican
Supreme Court after multiple appeals. Extradition was then
approved in separate presidential decrees.
3. With these extraditions, 44 fugitives have now been
returned to the United States during the second
administration of President Leonel Fernandez. Thirty-one
(31) fugitives have now been extradited to the United States
in this calendar year.
HERTELL