Legal Opinion
United States v. Zaitar
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 7, 2012No. Criminal No. 2008-0123PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROSEMARY M. COLLYER, District Judge.
Yahya Ali Zaitar is charged with international drug trafficking in heroin destined for this country. Mr. Zaitar was apprehended in Romania on April 14, 2008, where he was initially questioned by agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) and then extradited to this country, where he was arraigned on August 18, 2008. He speaks a Lebanese dialect of Arabic as his native tongue, knows some Spanish, and can also converse in Portuguese.
Because of the varying extradition processes of different foreign nations, the United States obtained…
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