Extradition: Something is Failing

Over the years, the United States has existed as an intimidating force against the large drug traffickers, and it was understood that in that jurisdiction, the traffickers were facing harsher judges, more drastic sanctions, and the greatest possibility of receiving prison without privileges for their crimes and the harm committed against society.

The fear of extradition unleashed a bloody defiance from the drug trafficking cartels against the United States, such as in Colombia. In other countries, like this one, the local drug lords unleashed intense legal battles to avoid facing the justice of the United States. Today, the story is changing.

It seems that the U.S. is only interested in resolving their affairs, without caring for the crimes or the harm committed in the societies that purge the extradited.

They negotiate with the extradited criminals without taking into account the interests of the country that extradites them. Therefore, a reverse phenomenon is occurring.

The great drug traffickers prefer to be extradited to the U.S. because there they have the possibility of trials with a low profile, negotiating benign convictions, and even retaining an important part of the fortunes obtained through their criminal activities.

Actually, in the majority of cases, information provided by local drug lords that can serve to attack local criminal structures is not shared in an official manner with the Dominican Republic.

Extradition should be an instrument of cooperation between nations in the fight against crime, not a mechanism to mock the judicial and social sanctions of the Dominican Republic. Something is failing, and it must be fixed.