Man wounded in parking lot was a narco extradited to USA
This refers to Yubar Enrique Mendez Mendez "Oreganito", extradited in 2010 for drug trafficking
SANTO DOMINGO. One of the two men wounded by gunshots yesterday afternoon in a confusing incident in the parking lot of a commercial establishment in the capital was identified as Yuber Enrique Mendez Mendez, alias Oreganito, who was extradited to the United States in 2010 accused of drug trafficking.
"Drug trafficker YUBEL ENRIQUE MENDEZ MENDEZ (A) Oreganito, 44, and Milan Cotorreal, 45, watchman at the Plaza," indicated the police spokesperson in the first message, followed by another one which said that "...The same as the watchmen, for the purposes of@PoliciaRD to establish the reality of the incidents."
He announced on his Twitter account that it would be today, in a press conference at 10:00 in the morning that the National Police will offer details of the incident at its headquarters.
Different versions picked up in the place of the incident, assured reporters that Mendez Mendez was taken by someone who was waiting for him in the parking lot to the Centro Medico Dominicano, in El Millon.
Witnesses say that the other three men fled from the scene.
Extradited in 2010
Reports in the press indicate that Mendez Mendez was arrested on 19 December 2010 and extradited 12 days later at the request of the United States authorities, who indicted him on charges of possession and conspiracy to distribute 60 kg or more of cocaine.
At the time of his arrest he was said to be a part of the drug trafficking network of Puerto Rican José David Figueroa Agosto, a relationship that Mendez denied when he accepted voluntary extradition to the United States.
According to newspaper reports, Mendez was being sought in the Dominican Republic in order to stand trial in the District Court of the United States, in New York on conspiracy charges. On 15 June 2006 he was indicted by a Federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York.
"Drug trafficker YUBEL ENRIQUE MENDEZ MENDEZ (A) Oreganito, 44, and Milan Cotorreal, 45, watchman at the Plaza," indicated the police spokesperson in the first message, followed by another one which said that "...The same as the watchmen, for the purposes of@PoliciaRD to establish the reality of the incidents."
He announced on his Twitter account that it would be today, in a press conference at 10:00 in the morning that the National Police will offer details of the incident at its headquarters.
Different versions picked up in the place of the incident, assured reporters that Mendez Mendez was taken by someone who was waiting for him in the parking lot to the Centro Medico Dominicano, in El Millon.
Witnesses say that the other three men fled from the scene.
Extradited in 2010
Reports in the press indicate that Mendez Mendez was arrested on 19 December 2010 and extradited 12 days later at the request of the United States authorities, who indicted him on charges of possession and conspiracy to distribute 60 kg or more of cocaine.
At the time of his arrest he was said to be a part of the drug trafficking network of Puerto Rican José David Figueroa Agosto, a relationship that Mendez denied when he accepted voluntary extradition to the United States.
According to newspaper reports, Mendez was being sought in the Dominican Republic in order to stand trial in the District Court of the United States, in New York on conspiracy charges. On 15 June 2006 he was indicted by a Federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York.