Adjunct Secretary of the Department of State for Latin America and the Caribbean, John Hamilton will visit with President Leonel Fernández today. This is his second visit to the Dominican statesman this year. He visited yesterday with the President of the Supreme Court, Dr. Jorge Subero Isa. The US government seeks that the Dominican government respond positively to their extradition petition of Dr. Pedro Rafael González Pantaleón, condemned by a US court to six and a half years in jail for a US$25 million Medicare fraud. González Pantaleón is a former Dominican ambassador before the United Nations under the government of former President Joaquín Balaguer. President Fernández is whom decides whether to extradite González. The Listín Diario reports that Hamilton will also discuss US assistance to the DR to step up drug control measures along the 260 kilometer frontier with Haiti. The Listín also reported that Hamilton will discuss political issues with the nation’s leading politicians.
