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The United States Attorney's Office in San Juan reported on Wednesday that Colombian authorities extradited the Dominican César Emilio Peralta Adamez to face drug trafficking charges presented in the federal court of the District of Puerto Rico.
According to the Prosecutor's Office, Peralta was the leader of a transnational criminal organization based in the Dominican Republic.
The organization allegedly received cocaine shipments from Colombia and Venezuela and transported them to Puerto Rico and the United States.
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When was Peralta Adamez arrested?
In coordination with foreign officials, Peralta was located and detained in Cartagena, Colombia, on December 2, 2019 at the request of the United States.
The Department of Justice's Office of International Affairs assisted in the arrest and extradition of Peralta Adamez from Colombia.
"This arrest and extradition underscores the collaboration and cooperation among our law enforcement partners, as well as our commitment and determination to combat transnational organized crime," said US Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow.
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CNN continues to try to communicate with José Joaquín Pérez, who represented Peralta in Colombia.
Last May, the defender said in an interview with the Dominican TV channel CDN37 that, although his client was not "a saint", he was "overvalued in many of the things that are accused of him and he is paying the consequences."
This Thursday, Peralta's lawyer in Puerto Rico, Michael Raymond Hasse, told CNN that the defendant will plead "not guilty" to the charges against him.
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Drug trafficking indictment
On November 28, 2018, a federal investigative jury in the District of Puerto Rico filed charges against Peralta, accusing him of conspiracy to import heroin and cocaine into U.S. territory and of distributing five kilograms or more of cocaine for import purposes. illegal to USA
The indictment also includes the seizure of four properties and a business in the Dominican Republic controlled by Peralta.
According to the Prosecutor's Office, Peralta's organization was investigated since 2017 by agents assigned to the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF) and multiple agencies, including federal and state agencies.
Peralta was also investigated by the US Department of the Treasury.On August 20, 2019, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of that Department identified Peralta and his drug trafficking organization as foreign drug traffickers in accordance with the Law on Appointment of Chiefs of Foreign Narcotics or Kingpin Law.
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