The case of accused drug trafficker Quirino Paulino Castillo just gets larger and larger. The El Caribe carries a headline that reports more extraditions in the case, this time involving former police lieutenant colonel Lidio Nin Terrero and the brothers Luis David and Jean Paul Ulloa. The Ulloas, naturalized United States citizens, who were arrested last Friday and held on extradition charges from the United States, were handed over to FBI agents yesterday afternoon for their return to the US.
Police lieutenant colonel Nin, however, is being held on drug charges stemming from the Quirino Paulino Castillo case, and must first be processed in the Dominican Republic before his extradition can proceed.
According to Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito, the United States Justice Department has requested the extradition of the police officer in the passenger seat of the truck that was carrying 1,387 kilograms of pure cocaine last 18 December. According to reports in the Listin Diario, Dominguez Brito said that in order to facilitate a more rapid extradition process, the Dominican authorities might drop the charges against the former police officer. This case is now proceeding through the Supreme Court. Two other men are in jail on charges connected with the case: The truck driver, Tirso Cuevas Nin and the foreign exchange dealer Eleuterio Guante, both on the extradition list. Dominguez Brito told reporters that his office is proceeding very cautiously in order to comply with all the requirements. Dominguez will be meeting with United States prosecutors today to work out the criteria for overseeing the successful extradition process.