| Man Arrested for Colorado
Takeover Worried Not Safe Bronx
Asks New Lawyer Now Recants
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Oct 22 – Anderson
Zambrano-Pacheco, depicted
taking over an apartment
building in Aurora, Colorado
then arrested in a sweep this
week on Odgen Avenue in The
Bronx, was presented on
January 29 before U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Jennifer E.
Willis. Inner City Press was
there.
While
Zambrano-Pacheco through his
appointed Criminal Justice Act
lawyer consented to detention,
he expressed concern about his
safety in jail. His lawyer
cited press coverage and asked
for an order directing the
Bureau of Prisons to take
precautions.
Judge Willis after some back
and forth agreed to recommend
to BOP that they be mindful of
security concerns.
Jump cut to April
21 when more defendants in the
now-indicted case were brought
in, assigned CJA lawyers and
detained on consent. One asked
for consular notification to
Venezuela. Inner City Press
will stay on the case(s).
Jump again to
April 23, when co-defendant
Bello-Chacon, arrested at 8
am, was presented and detained
on consent.
On April 28,
another, Luciano, presented
and detained on consent.
On April 30, a
mass arraignment. Inner City
Press was there, from the thread:
Judge: Only 12 of
the 21 charged are here today.
AUSA: One has previously been
removed...Velasquez will be
flown in in early May. Others
are in Chicago, Florida and
Oregon. Mata is in immigration
custody
Judge: Why
only him? AUSA: He'll be here
in SDNY in 2 weeks. Judge: The
charges include harboring and
sex trafficking, guns and drug
trafficking. All are detained
- and all pled not guilty,
ultimately waiving a public
reading.
Afterwards: a
further conference on July 15,
2025 at 2:00 p.m
On May 7, another
co-defendant Freites Velazquez
was flown in from Chicago,
presented and detained.
On May 16
co-defendant Mata was
presented and detained on
consent, represented by a
white show CJA counsel who
used to be with SDNY.
On May 23, three
more co-defendants were
presented (with Oregon cited),
assigned counsel, and
detained.
On June 17
another co-defendant, Pereda,
was arrested in the Middle
District of Florida and
reserve there, requesting that
a bond hearing be held in New
York.
On August 27 the
US Attorney's Office wrote in
that another case may be
related, involving Anti-Tren
attempted robberies in The
Bronx and Yonkers. That case
is US v. Palacios-Milano,
25-cr-392 (Vargas)
On October 22
lead named defendant Anderson
Zambrano-Pacheco was before
Judge Vykocil, with one lawyer
by his side and one in the
gallery where Inner City Press
was.
He
complained of his CJA lawyer
that she has only come to see
him three times in nine months
in the MDC, that he is needed
back in Venezuela. He was told
he is not getting back there
any time soon, that there are
21 other defendants. The CJA
said she'd asked the
prosecutors for a "Pimintel"
letter to show him how much
time he faces.
The CJA of
the day was there and offered
to take over, but said that
would lead to more delay. On
that basis, the representation
was kept the same. Inner City
Press remains on the case.
The first case is
USA v. Zambrano-Pacheco,
et al., 1:25-cr-76 (Vyskocil)
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