Capture of extraditable gives rise to an investigation to senior officers

The capture this weekend of a powerful drug trafficker whose extradition to United States is approved by the Supreme Court since February, has given rise to the opening of an investigation that will cover several senior officers, including General assets, allegedly committed to the protection of the suspect.

Intelligence sources revealed last night to LISTÍN DIARIO that the arrested man was identified as Oscar Ezequiel Rodriguez Cruz, who in the country has made public life as President of the "movement new reborn with dad", that he supports candidate of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), Hipólito Mejía.

At the time of his arrest, he was walking with a Cape of the national army as a driver, identified as Jose Alberto Vásquez Morla. It was stated that it generally moved a comprehensive custody by police and military.

Billboards with pictures of both appear in some places of u000aSanto Domingo and from San Pedro de Macoris.

One of them, in the Avenue 30 of may, near the area of the same name, displays the announcement: "Oscar Rodriguez with dad", and said to the directory that your main area of influence is San Pedro de Macoris. It's a citizen whom the United States deported in February 1997.

Is identified as a merchant, father of eight children, six of them minors. It has 5 feet and 9 inches in height, Brown eyes and hair dark brown, with a weight of 220 pounds, with residence registered in the first street number 12 of Residencial Mar Azul from Highway 7 kilometre Sánchez.

He was imprisoned in Najayo in March of 2009, awaiting his extradition, but was released from prison and since efforts to stop him were unsuccessful.

Subsequently, the Supreme Court of Justice in February this year, decided that it was whip and brought before a Court of U.k..

The u000a"difficulty" to apprehend him again it has been attributed to a kind of protection that would have given him some senior officers, including General assets, said the source of intelligence, which pointed out at the same time when it was investigating the whereabouts of Rodriguez Cruz is alleging, in these circles, that he had left the country.

The arrest occurred on Friday, but still is it has not communicated officially to the public. The directory knew that extradition is imminent and that, at the same time, we will proceed to call to research several high-ranking officials to clarify what kind of links were with the sought.

The process of extradition against Rodriguez Cruz was initiated in 2009, when it was interrupted and released by the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) pending submitted telephone intersections authorizations, as to the effect was done.

Investigation of the case her assumed u000arecently the headquarters of the national police and the Department of extraditions of the Attorney General of the Republic, becoming cash the arrest this weekend. Against Rodriguez Cruz weigh charges of cocaine trafficking to a Court of district of the State of Massachusetts, United States.

The police and the Attorney-General authorities determined that Rodriguez Cruz currently lay in the Juan Dolio municipality, province San Pedro de Macoris, and he often traveled to the Capital to meet and to oversee their property located gas station in the Avenue Winston Churchill.

According to the source, the arrested has several towers, villas in the East of the country, financial, and gas stations. "It's a man with many economic resources", he said.

Authorities began the process of identification of the properties of arrest for the purposes that sends the law.

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Process application of u000aEXTRADITION
the source stated that the second Chamber of the Supreme Court was empowered by the Attorney-General through the instance 00381 30 January 2009, the request for extradition made by the United States against Rodriguez Cruz, and in that same way requested his arrest.

Was arrested in March 2009 and started the knowledge of extradition in the SCJ, process who was arrested and the requested released, because the judges of the High Court were waiting for the authorities to submit the orders of telephone interceptions which tested that eavesdropping was legal.

After the submission of the authorizations the SCJ issued new warrant for the arrest.

Rodriguez Cruz is under the control of the police and now the Attorney resumed the process so that the Supreme Court authorized his extradition to us.

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