EXTRADITION OF DOMINICAN FUGITIVES RAMIREZ, ALBA,

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 002198 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR SEARBY, 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 SNAR DR SUBJECT: EXTRADITION OF DOMINICAN FUGITIVES RAMIREZ, ALBA, AND RODRIGUEZ TO THE UNITED STATES ¶1. On July 5, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Aurelio Ramirez to Puerto Rico for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, where he is the subject of indictment number 01-161(SEC) filed on April 14, 2004. As detailed in the indictment, Ramirez is alleged to have participated in a conspiracy to import more than five kilograms of cocaine into the United States, in violation of Title 21, U.S.C. Sections 841 and 846. ¶2. On July 7, 2006, U.S. Marshals will return Glennys Rodriguez and David Alba (aka David Thomas Alba Garcia, Omar Gonzalez and/or Joselito) to the United States for trial before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on charges of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin, as described by indictment number 05-10048-RCL filed on March 2, ¶2005. ¶3. All three fugitives availed themselves of the protections guaranteed by the revised Dominican Criminal Procedures Code, were found extraditable, and had their extraditions properly confirmed by presidential decree. ¶3. Following the successful extradition of these individuals, the Dominican Republic will have extradited 23 fugitives to the United States during FY-2006, 13 of those during this calendar year. HERTELL