| Chairez Made
Threats For Drug Cartel Now Says It Grew
From DUI, Gets 6 Years in Prison
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC
- Guardian
UK - Honduras
- ESPN
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
August 4 – Felipe Chairez
operated as a debt collector
and enforcer for a Mexican
drug cartel, threatening a
Bronx man in an auto body shop
with harm to him and his wife.
He pleaded guilty
to the lesser included offense
of narcotics conspiracy.
On
August 4, U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Judge John G. Koeltl
held his sentencing. Inner
City Press covered it.
Chairez
spoke for himself twice, at
length. He said he had become
an alcoholic and lost his
driver's license due to a DUI.
He said he never hurt anyone.
The US sentencing memo,
however, contains graphic
threats.
He faced a
guideline beginning at 97
months, with a mandatory
minimum of 60 months.
Judge
Koeltl gave him 72 months -
but then to his credit
listened patiently as Chairez
took a second bite at the
apple, speaking about a fire
in the MCC.
Judge
Koeltl explained he had
already taken that into
account, that alcoholism is
terrible and urging him to
take advantage of treatment.
The case is US v.
Chairez, 19-cr-542
(Koeltl)
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