Santo Domingo.-A judge of the Federal Court of Puerto Rico will announce on October 23 his decision to welcome or not the agreement signed between the Federal Prosecutor’s Office and César Emilio Peralta (César El Abusador), who declared himself guilty of international drug trafficking, after admitting to having trafficked drug loads from the Dominican Republic to the neighboring island in exchange for a reduced penalty.
Peralta was extradited from Colombia to Puerto Rico on December 22, 2021, date from which he keeps prison on the island.
There he reached an agreement with the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, which would have requested a five -year prison sentence for drug trafficking charges, conspiracy and money laundering under the jurisdiction of the United States.
However, about César Emilio Peralta weighs the possibility of being prosecuted in the Dominican Republic for other positions, since for having been extradited from Colombia and not from Dominican territory, the possible criminal charges against him did not proceed.
The accused of drug trafficking left the Dominican Republic at the end of 2019, after noticing an investigation against him to execute his arrest.
Although he managed to escape Colombia, the Dominican authorities dismantled the criminal network he directed, which was dedicated to drug trafficking and money laundering.
The Extradition Treaty with the United States establishes that Dominicans cannot be delivered with pending causes in Dominican justice, so it is usually asked for the withdrawal of charges.
But in the case of César Emilio Peralta that procedure was not necessary, since it was Colombia that handed it to US justice.
Deportation to RD
In the event that the judge of Puerto Rico welcomes the agreement and César the abuser complies with the negotiated sentence, he will be deported to the Dominican Republic, where he could face justice again for open processes against him.
According to the laws, César Emilio Peralta remains a fugitive from Dominican justice, because he left the country clandestine.
The files open against the Dominican remain in force, although suspended for their escape.
Judgment
– Supreme Court
“The defendant’s rebellion constitutes a cause of suspension of the process and prescription periods, so it cannot benefit from its own evasive conduct to claim the extinction of criminal action.”
Criminal processes would be activated in the country
Code. In article 151 of the Criminal Procedure Code, it establishes that, when an accused evade the judicial action, the procedural deadlines are interrupted.
This means that cases against César the abuser in the Dominican Republic have not prescribed or have been extinguished.
Therefore, once it is deported, the Dominican authorities can immediately reactivate the pending processes, without the need to initiate a new process.
Consequently, his arrival in the country would not necessarily imply his freedom, but the possibility of facing the positions that he left unfinished to escape.
I could face different criminal responsibilities.
