Identifier
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06SANTODOMINGO3616
2006-11-30 21:05:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Santo Domingo
Cable title:  

DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ESPIRITUSANTO EXTRADITED,

Tags:  CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR 
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P 302105Z NOV 06
FM AMEMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6771
INFO RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC PRIORITY
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RHMCSUU/FBI WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
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UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 003616 

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: DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ESPIRITUSANTO EXTRADITED,
FUGITIVE PENA AWAITING EXTRADITION

REF: A. 2005 STATE 211803


B. 2003 STATE 262077

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 003616

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: DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ESPIRITUSANTO EXTRADITED,
FUGITIVE PENA AWAITING EXTRADITION

REF: A. 2005 STATE 211803


B. 2003 STATE 262077


1. On November 29, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Baudilo
Espiritusanto to the United States to serve sentence for a
federal narcotics-related offense in the State of Texas, as
detailed in Count One of indictment number CR H-00-875, filed
on December 11, 2000, in the U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of Texas. Under a plea agreement,
Espiritusanto plead guilty on April 5, 2001, to conspiracy to
possess with intent to distribute in excess of five (5)
kilograms of cocaine; a crime with a mandatory minimum
sentence of ten (10) years and a maximum possible sentence of
life imprisonment. The actual sentence imposed was
twenty-five (25) years.



2. Following the July 7, 2006, issuance of a Dominican arrest
warrant based on a June 13, 2006, U.S. Government request for
extradition, Zapata was apprehended July 24, 2006, by
officers of the Dominican National Directorate for Drug
Control's Fugitive Unit (DNCD). Zapata challenged his
extradition before the Criminal Chamber of the Dominican
Supreme Court, but was ruled extraditable on September 29,

2006. His extradition was properly confirmed by presidential
decree on October 17, 2006.


3. U.S. Marshals will return a second fugitive, Edward David
Pena Lora, on November 16, 2006, to face trial in the
Southern District of New York. As detailed in indictment
05-CR-195, filed February 17, 2005, Pena has been charged
with conspiracy to distribute and to posess with intent to
distribute one kilogram or more of heroin. The facts
indicate that Pena was involved in the transportation of
approximately 4.1 kilograms of heroin from Louisiana,
alledgedly for sale in the State of New York. (See Ref B)


4. Pena was arrested by DNCD agents on November 7, 2006,
following the issuance of a Dominican arrest warrant based on
a U.S. extradition request. He chose to waive challenge to
his extradtion and, on November 8, 2006, knowingly,
voluntarily, and intelligently signed a notarized waiver to
that effect.


5. With the return of Zapata and Pena, the Dominican
government will have returned 25 futitives through or in lieu
of extradition proceedings during CY-2006 (7 during FY-2007).
HERTELL