DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ARNOLDO CABRERA'S EXTRADITION

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 001148 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 ARNOLDO CABRERA'S EXTRADITION TO THE UNITED STATES REF: 2006 STATE 43502 ¶1. On May 16, 2007, U.S. Marshals will return Arnoldo Cabrera Dominguez to the United States to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for conspiracy to import and distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, as detailed in indictment number S1 05-CR-1278 (NRB),filed on March 2, 2006. As laid out in the indictment, Cabrera was the head of an organization that smuggled multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine into the United States and distributed it in the greater New York and New Jersey area. On June 1, 2005, that organization smuggled 409 kilograms of cocaine into Newark International Airport, where it was subsequently seized by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. ¶2. This case was brought before the Dominican government on March 22, 2006, by virtue of an Embassy diplomatic note. Shortly afterward, on May 18, 2006, a provisional arrest warrant was issued by the Criminal Chamber of the Dominican Supreme Court pursuant to the USG request for extradition. Cabrera was arrested by officers of the National Drug Control Directorate's Fugitive Unit on April 17, 2007. He made a voluntary, knowing, and intelligent waiver of his right to contest extradition before the Dominican Supreme Court on April 23, 2007. ¶3. The return of Cabrera will mark the 18th Dominican-national fugitive returned through or in lieu of extradition proceedings during CY-2007 (the 9th for FY-2007). BULLEN