| In Colombia
FARC Drug Case Talk of Intercepts and
Defense Pre-Trial Motions by Jan 2022
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
August 17 – 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, 2020 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.
Jump cut
to August 17, 2021, when Judge
Caproni held another
conference in the case and
Inner City Press again covered
it. There was walk of
intercepted communications in
Colombia. The defense's
pre-trial motions are now due
on January 14, with the
government's response on
February 11.
Another
proceeding was set for
December 16. Judge Caproni
said, referring to COVID, that
she hopes by next summer
proceedings are closer to the
pre-pandemic status quo than
for now.
The overall
case is US v.
Hernandez-Solarte, et al.,
18-cr-262 (Caproni)
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