Identifier
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06SANTODOMINGO1956
2006-06-12 20:16:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Santo Domingo
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DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ROBERT LOPEZ EXTRADITED TO THE

Tags:  CJAN CVIS KCRM DR 
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P 122016Z JUN 06
FM AMEMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5115
INFO RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC PRIORITY
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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.

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.
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