Several individuals wanted in extradition are being sought by the
National Drug Control Department (DNCD) in relation to the Quirino
case. The information was provided by the president of the DNCD, Ivan
Pena Castillo who explained that 20 Dominicans involved in drug
trafficking have already been sent to the US recently but there are
still more that are being looked for. The six most wanted by the US
are Juan Samuel Rodriguez Cordero, Francisco Manuel Alburquerque
Fortuna, Ernesto Bienvenido Guevara, Ramon Vasquez Garcia, Gladis
Elsida Suriel Collado and Faustino Maximo Perozo Vargas. The DNCD has
asked these individuals to turn themselves in to avoid difficult
situations as those involved in the formal persecution of people
involved in drug trafficking. The six are being charged with
laundering of assets obtained through drug trafficking, conspiration
to sell drugs, among other charges linked to the operations of Quirino
Ernesto Paulino Castillo. Pena said that the operation involves a
joint effort among the DNCD, the District Attorney and the US Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA). Paulino Castillo was extradited to
the US where he faces drug trafficking and money laundering charges.
He was arrested in Santo Domingo last December in connection to the
seizure of 1,387 kilos of cocaine.