DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ROBERT LOPEZ EXTRADITED TO THE

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 001956 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR LUFTIG, L/LEI FOR TORRES AND MUELLER DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR CRIM/OIA ORJALES AND ESTABROOK US MARSHALS SERVICE PLEASE PASS TO JIM SCHIELD DEA FOR OF,OFI,DO,DCO E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: CJAN CVIS KCRM DR SUBJECT: DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ROBERT LOPEZ EXTRADITED TO THE U.S. ¶1. On June 12, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Roberto Irrizari Lopez (aka Miguel Angel Dotel Sierra) to the United States for trial in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he is the subject of indictment number 02CF003278 filed June 19, 2002. As detailed in the indictment, Lopez is alleged to have participated in the premeditated murder of two individuals by suffocation, as well as armed robbery. ¶2. Following the January 28, 2005, issuance of a Dominican arrest warrant based on a U.S. Government request for extradition, Lopez was apprehended March 22, 2006, by officers of the Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control's Fugitive Unit. Lopez challenged his extradition before the Criminal Chamber of the Dominican Supreme Court, but was ruled extraditable on May 19, 2006. His extradition was properly confirmed by presidential decree on June 2, 2006. ¶3. Lopez is the 19th fugitive extradited to the United States during FY-2006 and the 9th extradited during this calendar year. KUBISKE