US embassy cable - 05SANTODOMINGO5353

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 005353 
 
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 JOSE ROBERTO MATEO RIVERA 
EXTRADITED TO U.S. 
 
 
1. On December 1, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jose Roberto 
Mateo Rivera to the United States for sentencing in the US 
District Court for the Eastern District Court of New York, 
where he had previously plead guilty to conspiracy to possess 
with the intent to distribute cocaine as charged in federal 
indictment CR-03-157. 
 
2. Following the June 22, 2005 issuance of a Dominican arrest 
warrant based on a U.S. Government request for extradition, 
Mateo was apprehended on July 13, 2005 by officers of the 
Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control.  Mateo was 
judged extraditable by the Criminal Chamber of the Dominican 
Supreme Court on October 11, 2005.  Extradition of Mateo was 
approved by presidential decree on November 2, 2005. 
 
3. Mateo is the 45th fugitive extradited to the United States 
during the second administration of President Leonel 
Fernandez.  He is the 32nd fugitive extradited from the 
Dominican Republic to the United States in 2005. 
HERTELL