Dominican national accused of heroin trafficking extradited to US

Saint Domingo – Dominican authorities, through the Attorney General’s Office and the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD), with the support of the U.S. Marshals Service, have extradited a Dominican accused of international drug trafficking to the United States.
José Heriberto Vinicio de Jesús was handed over to U.S. authorities at Punta Cana International Airport under Decree 473-24, which ordered his extradition.

The Dominican, already guarded by officers from that country, boarded a flight to the United States, which is demanding that he appear before a court in the District of Arizona on charges of trafficking heroin and methamphetamine.

“Vinicio de Jesus is accused of criminal involvement in the distribution and possession of one kilogram of a mixture or substance containing heroin, as well as 500 grams or more of methamphetamines.”

The extraditable person was arrested in July 2024 when he entered the country from Colombia through the United States’ José Francisco Pena Gómez International Airport.

The extradition of the extraditable person from the Dominican Republic is part of the Dominican Republic’s strengthening of cooperation with allies in the fight against drug trafficking, money laundering and transnational organized crime.