| In Colombia
FARC Drug Case Defendant Freed and on
Venezuela Border SDNY Judge Is Told
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 4 – Fabio Simon Younes
Arboleda was indicted, with
four others, for trying to
import 10,000 pounds of
cocaine from Colombia into the
United States.
On November
17, U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Valerie E. Caproni
held an arraignment and bail
hearing. Inner City Press
covered it.
The US
Attorney's office emphasized
the defendant's connections
with Seuxis Paucis
Hernandez-Solarte a/k/a Jesus
Santrich, of the FARC in
Colombia. Reference was made
to Maduro of Venezuela, and
the Sinaloa cartel in
Mexico.
The
argument for bail was that he
could live in Florida, near
Orlando.
But Judge
Caproni did not go along - she
denied bail, and set the next
proceeding for December 4.
On November
27 in advance of that
proceeding Younes' lawyer
wrote to Judge Caproni that
"he consents to be appearing
solely via counsel" and that
his own cell phone number has
by the Westchester County Jail
been "designated for
attorney-client communications
and not subject to recording."
On December 4,
Judge Caproni held a
proceeding and Inner City
Press covered it. She asked
about the status of a
co-defendant and was told that
while the US Attorney's Office
was seeking extradition,
Columbia had released the
person sought. He now believed
to be near the Venezuela
border, but the AUSA said all
efforts are being made to
capture him.
As for
these defendants in Valhalla
and Essex County Jail, there
are problems of communicating
with their lawyers. Judge
Caproni urged the parties to
try to work it out, which she
would prefer to ordering
prison authorities to act.
The overall
case is US v.
Hernandez-Solarte, et al.,
18-cr-262 (Caproni)
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