DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES PAULINO CASTILLO TO

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 000899 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR (MCISAAC),L/LEI (TAYLOR AND FUENTES) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR CRIM/OIA (MAZUREK, ORJALES, SOKOHL) U.S. MARSHAL SERVICE PLEASE PASS TO CHRIS DUDLEY DEA FOR OF, OFI, DO, DCO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: CJAN KCRM SNAR KJUS PREL DR SUBJECT: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES PAULINO CASTILLO TO U.S. REF: A. STATE 04218 ¶B. STATE 14556 ¶C. SANTO DOMINGO 00799 ¶1. (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 5. ¶2. (U) On February 19, 2005, Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo was extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Paulino Castillo, reftels A and B, is wanted to stand trial in the Southern District of New York on federal narcotics charges. ¶3. (U) Paulino Castillo was arrested by the Dominican National Directorate of Drug Control (DNCD) after a successful joint investigation by the DNCD and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The extradition of Paulino Castillo is the first extradition case subject to the provisions of the new Dominican Criminal Procedural Code (ref c). Septel will provide greater detail on the new extradition process in the Dominican Republic. ¶4. (U) Paulino Castillo is the sixteenth fugitive subject to extradition returned to the United States during the second administration of President Leonel Fernandez. He is the third fugitive returned from the Dominican Republic the United States in 2005. ¶5. (U) ACTION REQUEST. The Dominican Attorney General's office has requested the USG provide it with the final case disposition and sentence information in all cases in which a fugitive subject to extradition is returned to the United States. Embassy Santo Domingo requests the Department and Department of Justice provide us case disposition and sentencing information on Paulino Castillo as soon as it becomes available. KUBISKE