| Venezuela
Ex Spy Chief
Carvajal Mulls
Immunity and
Extradition
Motions by Jan
27
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 12 – Venezuela's
former spy
chief Hugo
Armando
Carvajal
Barrios a/k/a
El Pollo is in
US custody in
a
narco-trafficking
conspiracy
case begun in
2011, after a
long
extradition
fight in
Spain.
Carvajal was
arraigned by
U.S. District
Court for the
Southern
District of
New York
Magistrate
Judge Stuart
D. Aaron on
July 20. Inner
City Press thread:
more on
Substack here
On
December 12,
2023 Inner
City Press was
there, thread
Jump
cut to October
8, 2024 -
Judge
Hellerstein
inquired into
discovery
(some jail
calls are
still to be
produced) and
set a trial
date: June 23,
2025. Pollo's
new lawyer,
however, is
not yet CIPA
certified...
On
November 12
the case
convened
again, and
Inner City
Press was
there, from
the thread:
All
rise! Judge:
How are you,
Mr. Caravajal?
Pollo: Bien,
juez. Defense
counsel: I am
working to get
CIPA
clearance... I
am
contemplating
moving against
the
extradition,
and for
sovereign
immunity
More
on X for Subscribers
here &
Substack here
[The
motions are
due January
17, with
argument set
for March 5,
2025 at 10
am.]
Inner
City Press is
on the case,
which is US v.
Carvajal
Barrios, et
al., 11-cr-205
(Hellerstein)
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