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06-17-2010, 04:30 PM
The head of the US Attorney General's Office in Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodriguez Velez, says they will ask for the extradition of Ramon Antonio del Rosario Puente "Tono Lena", jailed in Dominican Republic after being arrested by Venezuelan authorities on 9 May.
Del Rosario Puente, 41, was detained at Maiquetia Simon Bolivar International Airport in Venezuela prior to flying to Colombia under a false identity and subsequently sent to the Dominican Republic.
Attorney Rodriguez Velez said a federal Grand Jury has issued accusations against Del Rosario Puente. He also faces charges in the DR, but the local judicial authorities have passed the case to the US jurisdiction. Rodriguez said that Del Rosario worked in collaboration with Puerto Rican fugitive Jose Figueroa Agosto "Junior Capsula."
The accused, from whom the Dominican authorities have impounded millions of dollars worth of assets, was considered one of the most wanted in Dominican Republic, after he was linked to key criminal organizations operating in the Caribbean and others involved in trafficking drugs towards United States and Europe, as reported in the Puerto Rico Daily Sun.
The accused is suspect of having shipped large amounts of cocaine and heroin to Puerto Rico and New York by drug drops from small planes since 2000. The planes would always return to their original destination and most of the drugs were destined for Puerto Rico, Rodriguez said at a press conference, also attended by DEA deputy director Israel Alicea.
Del Rosario is regarded as the organizer and coordinator of cocaine and heroin shipments from South America to the DR. Rodriguez said he was one of the leading drug traffickers in the DR, operating primarily in the east, in the La Romana area.
"He was one of the largest importers, as was Junior Capsula. They operated in parallel. They gunned down anyone who posed a threat to their business and executed them," she said at the press conference. Tono Lena could face a minimum of 10 years in jail or life sentence and fines of up to US$4 million in Puerto Rico.
Diario Libre in Santo Domingo reports on new rumors that Figueroa Agosto and Sobeida Felix have turned themselves in to the authorities in Puerto Rico. The speculation feeds on news that Police chief Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin and National Drug Control Department (DNCD) president Major General Rolando Antonio Rosado Mateo plan to travel to Puerto Rico tomorrow.
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Del Rosario Puente, 41, was detained at Maiquetia Simon Bolivar International Airport in Venezuela prior to flying to Colombia under a false identity and subsequently sent to the Dominican Republic.
Attorney Rodriguez Velez said a federal Grand Jury has issued accusations against Del Rosario Puente. He also faces charges in the DR, but the local judicial authorities have passed the case to the US jurisdiction. Rodriguez said that Del Rosario worked in collaboration with Puerto Rican fugitive Jose Figueroa Agosto "Junior Capsula."
The accused, from whom the Dominican authorities have impounded millions of dollars worth of assets, was considered one of the most wanted in Dominican Republic, after he was linked to key criminal organizations operating in the Caribbean and others involved in trafficking drugs towards United States and Europe, as reported in the Puerto Rico Daily Sun.
The accused is suspect of having shipped large amounts of cocaine and heroin to Puerto Rico and New York by drug drops from small planes since 2000. The planes would always return to their original destination and most of the drugs were destined for Puerto Rico, Rodriguez said at a press conference, also attended by DEA deputy director Israel Alicea.
Del Rosario is regarded as the organizer and coordinator of cocaine and heroin shipments from South America to the DR. Rodriguez said he was one of the leading drug traffickers in the DR, operating primarily in the east, in the La Romana area.
"He was one of the largest importers, as was Junior Capsula. They operated in parallel. They gunned down anyone who posed a threat to their business and executed them," she said at the press conference. Tono Lena could face a minimum of 10 years in jail or life sentence and fines of up to US$4 million in Puerto Rico.
Diario Libre in Santo Domingo reports on new rumors that Figueroa Agosto and Sobeida Felix have turned themselves in to the authorities in Puerto Rico. The speculation feeds on news that Police chief Rafael Guillermo Guzman Fermin and National Drug Control Department (DNCD) president Major General Rolando Antonio Rosado Mateo plan to travel to Puerto Rico tomorrow.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)