New Jersey prosecutor Craig Carpenito accused 35-year old Dominican Luis Velázquez Cordero (alias “El Pequeno”) of being the main collaborator of drug kingpin César Emilio Peralta (César el abusador) in a New Jersey court on Friday, 2 October 2020. Velázquez Cordero was charged with laundering US$80 million from drug trafficking operations over the past four years through an international organization operating from the Dominican Republic.
Velázquez Cordero was extradited to the United States after being arrested in the Dominican Republic following the US Treasury naming Cesar Emilio Peralta and associates as significant foreign narcotics traffickers under the Kingpin Act. Cesar Emilio Peralta fled to Colombia where he awaits to be extradited to the United States.
Velázquez Cordero was arrested in the Dominican Republic on 28 July 2020, and extradited to the United States. He was arraigned on Friday, 2 October 2020 by videoconference before US District Judge Katherine Hayden.
This case is being carried out under the auspices of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF).
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Sturmer News
US Embassy in the DR
5 October 2020