Quirino's wife not yet cleared

[NewsWhore]

Assistant state prosecutor Alejandro Moscoso Segarra of the National District reports that the case against Belkis Elizabeth Ubri Medrano, wife of Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo who is standing trial in New York for drug trafficking has been postponed. Earlier news reports had indicated that following an agreement between the US and DR judicial authorities, 18 of Quirino's relatives would be allowed to leave the country under the US judiciary Federal Witness Protection Program. The case against Ubri in a Dominican court would also be dropped. Now it appears this is not going to happen as a new date of 19 February has been set for the case that is being heard at the Court of Appeals of the National District Penal Court. Belkis Ubri is accused of asset laundering. As reported in Listin Diario, on 19 February the court is due to issue its opinion on the request by the state prosecutor office and Ubri Medrano's lawyer for the filing of the case, as was agreed with the Prosecutors Office of the Southern District of New York and the National District Prosecutors Office. A favorable opinion is a pre-condition for Ubri Medrano to travel to the US.
Ubri Medrano's lawyer, Felix Damian Olivares said the postponement was an excess formality and stressed the need for Quirino's relatives to travel to the US as soon as possible.
Dorka Medina, lawyer for the mother of four of Quirino's children, who have already traveled to the US, has said that the Fernandez government already has the list of the persons who the US judiciary will request in extradition in connection with the case. She told the press that the list included high-ranking members of the Dominican military forces.

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