{"id":520033,"date":"2026-08-06T22:12:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T02:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/executive-branch-orders-extradition-of-two-dominicans-wanted-by-the-us\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T22:12:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T02:12:56","slug":"executive-branch-orders-extradition-of-two-dominicans-wanted-by-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/executive-branch-orders-extradition-of-two-dominicans-wanted-by-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Branch orders extradition of two Dominicans wanted by the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santo Domingo.<\/strong>&#8211; The <strong>Executive Branch <\/strong>ordered the extradition of Dominicans <strong>Fidel Antonio Knight Cerda and Mario Elvin J\u00e1quez to the United States of America<\/strong>, who are required by the authorities of that country on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure is contained in <strong>Decree<\/strong> number 541-26, which extradites Knight Cerda, and 542-26, which refers to Mario Elvin J\u00e1quez, also known as Mario J\u00e1quez or Elvin Fern\u00e1ndez. They are accused of conspiracy to distribute cocaine with the intent that the substance be illegally imported into the United States, aiding and abetting the distribution of that drug, and conspiracy to commit money laundering offenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/tag\/poder-ejecutivo-y-congreso-presentan-el-pacto-nacional-por-la-vida-y-la-familia-como-eje-de-la-reforma-integral-dejala-ir\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"47325\">Executive Branch and Congress present the \u201cNational Pact for Life and Family\u201d as the axis of the Comprehensive Reform Let It Go<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The extradition requests were submitted by the Embassy of the United States of America in the Dominican Republic via diplomatic note no. 2025-1043, dated December 29, 2025, by virtue of the superseding indictment with criminal case number 22-452 (DRD), also known as 3:22-cr-00452-RAM, filed on September 7, 2023, before the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decree orders the extradition of Fidel Antonio Knight Cerda to the authorities of the United States to answer for the charges brought against him by the justice system of that country, in accordance with the applicable legal provisions and international treaties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mario Elvin J\u00e1quez, also known as Mario J\u00e1que, Mario J\u00e1quez, Mario Fern\u00e1ndez or Mario Elvin Fern\u00e1ndez Ure\u00f1a, is wanted by the justice system of that country for a charge of second-degree murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure is contained in Decree number 542-26, Mario Elvin J\u00e1quez is accused of second-degree murder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.&#8211; The Executive Branch ordered the extradition of Dominicans Fidel Antonio Knight Cerda and Mario Elvin J\u00e1quez to the United States of America, who are required by the authorities of that country on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. The measure is contained in Decree number 541-26, which extradites Knight Cerda, and 542-26, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":520034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[41678,40230],"class_list":["post-520033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dominican-news","tag-executive-branch","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bhD","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/extradicion-3.-770x496-1.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/extradicion-3.-770x496-1.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}