CONFESSED DOMINICAN MURDERER YMBERT SANTOS RETURNS

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 003491 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: CONFESSED DOMINICAN MURDERER YMBERT SANTOS RETURNS TO THE U.S. REF: FANDRY (SUFFOLK DETECTIVE SGT.) - DIAZ (LGAT) E-MAIL OF 10/28/2006 ¶1. On November 3, 2006, U.S. Marshals accompanied confessed murdered Ymbert A. Santos (aka Imbert A. Vasquez and/or "Shorty") as he returned to the state of New York for trial before the County Court of Suffolk County. ¶2. As detailed in the reference e-mail and Suffolk County arrest warrant 06-1605 of October 27, Santos was implicated in the October 13 shooting death of his girlfriend, Wendy Reyes, within her residence in Amityville, Suffolk Co., NY. Santos traveled to the Dominican Republic from New York shortly before the discovery of Ms. Reyes body. ¶3. On October 19, Suffolk County Homicide Detectives interviewed Santos in the Dominican Republic, accompanied by members of the Dominican National Police. During this interview, Santos confessed to killing Ms. Reyes and indicated a desire to return voluntarily to the United States to face trial. ¶4. Six days following the October 27 filing of an indictment in the County Court of Suffolk County charging Santos with the crime of Murder in the Second Degree, Santos presented himself to agents of the Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) in preparation for his return. On November 2 he executed a notarized statement confirming his desire to return voluntarily to the United States to answer the pending charges and returned the following day (November 3). ¶5. The Dominican Attorney General's office was informed of Santos' confession and desire to return: orally on October 25 (by poloff and legatt) and in a written communication dated November 1 and addressed to Attorney General Jimenez Pena. Assistant Attorney General for Extraditions and International Affairs Gisela Cueto de Garcia confirmed on October 25 that, given the circumstances, the Dominican government did not require resort to a formal extradition process. ¶6. Santos is the 5th fugitive to be returned to the United States during FY-2007 (and the 23rd during this calendar year) though extradition or impending extradition. HERTELL