US embassy cable - 05SANTODOMINGO4213

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 004213 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR SEARBY, L/LEI FOR TAYLOR AND MUELLER; 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR CRIM/OIA (MAZUREK AND ORJALES); 
US MARSHAL SERVICE PLEASE PASS TO CHRIS DUDLEY; 
DEA FOR OF,OFI,DO,DCO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: CJAN, DR, KCRM, SNAR, Extraditions 
SUBJECT: DOMINICAN FUGITIVE GARCIA CASTILLOWAIVES 
EXTRADITION RIGHTS, RETURNS TO U.S. 
 
 
 1. (U) On September 2, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Julio 
Angel Garcia Castillo to the United States for trial in the 
US District Court for the District of New Jersey based on a 
federal indictment charging narcotics offenses.  Garcia is 
alleged to have participated in the movement of 
multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine from Mexico into the 
United States via the Dominican Republic. 
 
2. (U) Garcia was apprehended by the Dominican National 
Directorate for Drug Control following the issuance of a 
Dominican arrest warrant based on a USG request for 
extradition,  Garcia subsequently made a free, knowing, and 
voluntary waiver of further local proceedings before the 
Criminal Chamber of the Dominican Supreme Court.  His 
decision to freely submit to extradition was evidenced by a 
witnessed, notarized affidavit executed on August 25, 2005. 
 
2. (U) Garcia is the 37th fugitive extradited to the United 
States during the second administration of President Leonel 
Fernandez.  He is the 24th fugitive extradited from the 
Dominican Republic to the United States in 2005. 
HERTELL