| As Ex DEA Campo Charged
with Laundering for Mexican Cartel
On Co-D Sensi US vs Bail
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Jan 6 – An former DEA official
charged with conspiracy to
laundering money for a Mexican
drug cartel argued to be
released on bail on December 5
- and lost. Inner City Press
at the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York live tweeted:
OK now at bail
hearing on Paul Campo, a
former high-ranking DEA
official charged with
conspiring to launder $12
million to support Mexican
drug cartel.
Federal Defender
for Campo: This is
perposterous. Why would they
be paid $1.5 million to
convert into cryptocurrency?
He should be released. AUSA:
Pre-Trial Services also
recommends detention
FD: His
bank account has less then
$500,000, he makes $200,000 a
year. AUSA: He could flee
Judge Lehrberger: This is a
presumption case.
Judge: I order
defendant detained
On December 8,
the assigned District Judge
set a conference for December
11: "as to Paul Campo, Robert
Sensi: A conference will take
place in this matter on
Thursday, December 11, 2025.
Inner City Press
went, and live tweeted here
All rise! Arthur
Aidala for Mr Campo [in
custody] Ms Kramer for co-D
[not in custody] Judge
Gardephe: Narco terrorism and
money laundering are alleged
AUSA: Our
seizures include 17 phones
Kramer for Sensi [actually, he
is detained - he's shorter and
slumped in chair, couldn't see
his MDC uniform] first week in
February Judge: Feb 6, 12:30
pm.
On Saturday
December 27 co-defendant
Sensi, described as chained to
a bed in a hospital whose name
is redacted, applied for
release on $500,000 bond,
"secured by equity in the
hosue that Stefano Sensi owns
[address redacted] and the
equity in Sensi Electric LLC,
Stefano Sensi's electrician
business.
On January 6 the
US Attorney's Office opposed
bail for Sensi, including
photos of guns from his cell
phone and a redacted section
about health.
The case is USA
v. Campo, et al., 1:25-cr-663
(Gardephe)
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