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11-17-2006, 02:30 PM
The United States government has obtained the extradition of Edward David Pena Lora who is wanted on charges of trafficking cocaine and heroin. Pena, who was apprehended in Santiago, was handed over by the Department of Drug Control to two American officials and boarded American Airlines flight 780. Dominican courts issued an arrest warrant for Pena, and the American government asked for his extradition a few months ago. Pena was finally caught on 6 November in the Cienfuegos area of Santiago.
In related immigration news, 56 Dominicans, 35 of whom were incarcerated for drugs, have been repatriated. According to Hoy newspaper, this brings the total of repatriated Dominicans to 833 for the year. The 56 deportees were accompanied on the flight by US law enforcement officials and upon their arrival in the country were turned over to Department of Drug Control (DNCD) and police officials. Hoy reports that once they arrive in the country they are taken to the National Police station to be registered and then taken to the DNCD offices where they are handed over to family members.
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In related immigration news, 56 Dominicans, 35 of whom were incarcerated for drugs, have been repatriated. According to Hoy newspaper, this brings the total of repatriated Dominicans to 833 for the year. The 56 deportees were accompanied on the flight by US law enforcement officials and upon their arrival in the country were turned over to Department of Drug Control (DNCD) and police officials. Hoy reports that once they arrive in the country they are taken to the National Police station to be registered and then taken to the DNCD offices where they are handed over to family members.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)