| Man With 2 Names Gets 24
Months For Fentanyl in SDNY Then Trip To Santo
Domingo
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 21 – A man indicted
on fentanyl charges as Manuel
Rodriguez came up for
sentencing on July 21 before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Edgardo Ramos. Inner
City Press covered
it.
Judge Ramos began
by noting that Rodriguez has
indicated his real name is
Urena. He is from the Domincan
Republic. It emerged that
while pleading guilty his
account is that after breaking
up with his wife he went to
live with a relative named
Lopez.
To pay Lopez back
for putting him up, Rodriguez
/ Urena got involved in the
fentanyl trade. Before the
First Step Act, he would have
faced a 10 year mandatory
minimum, based on weight. But
now he qualified in the SDNY
for the Safety Valve.
Judge Ramos
noted that fentanyl is serious
and kills many people.
He sentenced
Rodriguez / Urena to 24
months, after which he will be
deported to the Dominican
Republic.
The defense
lawyer said his client is
afraid, that in the DR he is
blamed for the confiscation of
the drugs.
Judge Ramos
wished him well.
The case is US v.
Rodriguez et al., 19-cr-264
(Ramos)
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