Hoy newspaper reports today that the US Department of State has approved the extradition of Mariano Durán Cabrera, the former Dominican Air Force corporal who is sought by Dominican judicial authorities. The Department of State validated the extradition order issued by a New York Supreme Court of Justice in August of this year. Cabrera Durán is accused of having shot the bullet that killed journalist Orlando Martínez, back in 1975. The case is being heard in Dominican courts. The former military who kept store in the Bronx was arrested in November in New York.
