Former colonel Lidio Nin Terrero and his cousin, Tirso Cuevas Nin were taken from their cells at Najayo Prison and transferred to holding cells at the National Drug Control (DNCD) headquarters to await their extradition to the United States of America. Both men were moved under tight security and equipped with helmets and bulletproof jackets. The men are wanted in the Court for the Southern District of New York in connection with the case against Quirino Paulino Castillo. This case involves the 1,387 kilograms of cocaine that were on board the truck driven by Cuevas Nin and escorted by Nin Terrero when it was seized by DNCD agents in Santo Domingo. While Nin Terrero seemed resigned to his fate, the Listin Diario says that Cuevas Nin protested his innocence by saying that he was just a “poor driver,” as they were taken away from Najayo Prison. At the DNCD headquarters the two men will await the Presidential decree that will allow their handover to DEA agents waiting to take them to New York.