NewsWhore
03-03-2009, 06:20 PM
In a ruling announced yesterday, the Supreme Court (SJC) Penal Chamber rejected a request for extradition to the United States of a person accused of violating the drug laws and attempted conspiracy to murder. Maximo Garcia Montero was favored with the decision after prosecutor failed to prove in the hearing that the case was dealing with the person mentioned in the extradition request, Jose Antonio Villalongo, who was arrested on 20 May 1995 and deported on 31 August 1998. The week before the same court rejected the extradition of cockfighting businessman Winston Riziz Rodriguez who was wanted in Puerto Rico on drug trafficking charges but was released under the excuse that the statute of limitations had run out on the crime mentioned in the indictment. During yesterday's hearing magistrates ordered the immediate release of Garcia Montero providing there are no other charges pending against him. In the extradition request filed by the Attorney General of the Dominican Republic the lawyers presented a report from the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) that said that the fingerprints taken from Garcia Montero are the same as those taken from Villalongo. The extradition request from the US Embassy asks for the extradition of Antonio Villalongo and/or Maximo Garcia Montero.
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