Santo Domingo, RD.
Before the last period of government ended, the former president Danilo Medina signed the extraditions to the United States of six Dominican citizens linked to possession and distribution of controlled substances, homicides and other offenses committed to the detriment of the North American country.
The six decrees in which the extraditions were authorized were signed by Medina on August 10. Three of them before indictments of the court of the Southern District of New York, two of New Jersey and one of the Southern District of Florida.
The list starts with Jose Francisco Guzman Cabrera, who was extradited to the United States on Tuesday, September 1, as announced by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Audrey Strauss, who works alongside Susan Gibson, special agent in charge of the New Jersey division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), and James Buthorn, Inspector in Charge of the New Jersey office of the United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”).
Cabrera was arrested on July 3 of this year and is accused of illicit association to distribute controlled substances, including oxycodone, hydrocodone, the fentanyl analog p-fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl and the synthetic opioid U-47700, distribution of controlled substances to through the internet and illicit asset laundering association.
The extradition of the defendant was also ordered under the conditions that Cabrera will not be tried for an offense other than those that motivated the extradition, nor will he be sentenced to a sentence greater than the maximum in the Dominican Republic, which is 30 years.
Also from the southern district of New York, the Dominican was extradited Oscar Vladimir Pálmer Méndez (Tito), who was accused on November 4, 2015 of possession, aid and instigation of the use, carrying and possession of firearms, during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, with the intention of distributing cocaine and in the course of the action it would have caused the death of a person.
The extradition of Méndez was requested on July 23 of this current year and was approved on August 10 by Danilo Medina in Decree Number 308-20, under the same conditions, previously mentioned.
Another extradition requested by the Southern District of New York is that of Ramón Daniel Leonardo Féliz, defendant Criminal association to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute, 400 grams or more of mixtures or substances that contain a detectable amount of fentanyl and heroin.
Another charge that he is accused of is not having appeared in court as required in the conditions of his release, which is also known as a violation of the conditions of bail.
For these reasons, the defendant Ramón Leonardo was requested his extradition on August 6, 2019 by the United States, which was materialized through Decree 307-20, by former President Danilo Medina, on August 10.
Likewise, on May 11 of this year he was requested in extradition by the United States, Kelvin Enrique Fernández Flaquer (Cotto), for being associated with the distribution and possession of five kilograms or more of a mixture and substance that contained a detectable amount of cocaine with the intention of illegally importing it into the United States.
Flaquer was accused of these crimes on October 24, 2019 and his extradition was approved on August 10 by decree 304-20.
Flaquer is linked to the case of César Emilio Peralta “The Abuser”, pointing to him as one of the leaders of that narcotics network.
The Superior Court of New Jersey in Essex County requested the extradition of the Dominican César Campos on October 9, 2019, on the grounds of the charges that were brought against him on March 26, 2010.
Campos is accused of association to commit a homicide, illegally possessing a knife and with the intention of using it against a person or property of another person.
The sixth extradition that was also signed by Medina on August 10, was that of Luis Eduardo Velázquez Cordero (the little one), charged with four counts, related to conducting financial transactions within and affecting interstate and foreign commerce, using proceeds from an illegal activity.
Cordero has been accused since January 30 of this year and his extradition was approved by decree 306-20 by the former president, Danilo Medina.
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