| Drugs Mailed
to The Bronx From Puerto Rico Trigger SDNY
Trial With Cooperator on Stand
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 26 – Abel Montilla and
ten others were indicted for a
narcotics conspiracy involving
sending cocaine into the
mainland United States from
Puerto
Rico.
On October 13,
2020 U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge P. Kevin Castel
held an arraignment and
scheduling proceeding. Inner
City Press covered it.
A range of
CJA lawyers, including as to
one the law firm of Debevoise
& Plimpton, entered not
guilty pleas for their
clients.
Discovery on
large external hard drives was
discussed.
Jump cut
to September 26, 2022. Abel
Montilla is one trial, and
initial co-defendant Anabel
Colon Reyes on the witness
stand. She testified about
package of cocaine mailed,
including to DHL, from Puerto
Rico to Orlando, Florida and
to The Bronx. She was arrested
in September 2019, spent seven
days in jail then decided to
cooperate with the government.
She wants a 5K-1 letter.
Montilla's
defense lawyer asked why she
had gotten interested in his
client's nickname, Cochabomba,
and not Peter "El Loco." Judge
Castel called the end of the
trial day. It will continue.
The case is US v.
Montilla, et al., 19-cr-536
(Castel)
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