US embassy cable - 05SANTODOMINGO1927

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES VELAZQUEZ MINYETTY TO U.S.

Identifier: 05SANTODOMINGO1927
Wikileaks: View 05SANTODOMINGO1927 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Santo Domingo
Created: 2005-04-08 11:46:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: CJAN KCRM SNAR KJUS DR
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


 
UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 001927 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR (MCISAAC), L/LEI (TAYLOR AND FUENTES) 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR CRIM/OIS (MAZUREK, ORJALES, 
SOKOHL) 
US MARSHAL SERVICE PLEASE PASS TO CHRIS DUDLEY 
DEA FOR OF, OFI, DO, DCO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: CJAN, KCRM, SNAR, KJUS, DR 
SUBJECT: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES VELAZQUEZ MINYETTY 
TO U.S. 
 
REF: 03 STATE269795 
 
 1.  (U)  On April 7, 2005, Francis Velazquez Minyetty was 
extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States 
in the company of a U.S. Marshal.  Velazquez Minyetty, 
nicknamed the "King of Ecstasy", is wanted to stand trial in 
the Southern District of New York to stand trial on federal 
narcotics charges. 
 
2.  (U)  Velazquez Minyetty was arrested by the Dominican 
National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) on an arrest 
warrant issued based on the USG's extradition request.  DNCD 
was assisted by local DEA agents and the U.S. Marshals. 
 
3.  (U)  Velazquez Minyetty us the seventeenth fugitive 
requested via extradition returned to the United States 
during the second administration of President Leonel 
Fernandez.  He is the fourth fugitive returned from the 
Dominican Republic to the United States in 2005. 
HERTELL 

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