The President doesn't have the list

[NewsWhore]

Minister of the Presidency Cesar Pina Toribio denied that President Leonel Fernandez has received a list of those whom the US judiciary would request in extradition as part of inter-judiciary agreements in the Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo drug trafficking case being heard in a New York City court. There have been many rumors and comments by Paulino Castillo-related family member lawyers that the President had the list already. But Pina Toribio says that in an extradition process, the President is the last person to handle the request. He said that a bid for extradition begins when a request is made to the DR embassy in Washington. The embassy forwards the request to the Ministry of Foreign Relations. From there it moves to the Prosecutor's Office, then to the Supreme Court of Justice, and only after the SCJ gives its opinion, it moves on to the President. He told Hoy newspaper that neither has the list been sent to any other government authority. He also denied the President had been informally informed of who would be requested in extradition.
Paulino Castillo was arrested on 18 December 2004, accused of trafficking in 1,387 kilos of cocaine. On 19 December, he was extradited to the US where he stands trial.

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