Three men will be turned over to US authorities today by the National Drug Control Department. Lidio Arturo Nin Terrero and Tirso Cuevas Nin are involved in the Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo drug trafficking case whereas Christian de Jesus Ramos was a gang member in New York and is also involved in trafficking. According to Diario Libre, US ambassador Hans Hertell said that these extraditions showed that the DR has an interest in processing traffickers. Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito warned that all those named in the Quirino case would be punished, whether they are politicians, military, police or influential people.
El Caribe reports that the men would be turned over to Drug Enforcement Agency agents at 11:30am, at an unspecified air terminal. They will be tried in the Southern District Court of New York. Gaston Ramos is an alleged murderer who was planned to kill Nin Terrero.