SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A former senior official in the Dominican military and anti-drug agency on Monday abandoned his bid to fight extradition and agreed to be sent to the United States to face drug trafficking charges.
Francisco Hiraldo, a retired Navy admiral and former chief of operations for the National Drug Control Agency, had previously refused to sign the extradition agreement and vowed to clear his name, hiring a prominent defense lawyer. He did not explain his change of strategy at a hearing of the Supreme Court, which must review requests to extradite citizens of the Dominican Republic.
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