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Sinaloa Cartel
Case in SDNY 2
More Were
Flown In 1 In
Earlier Pled
Guilty Asks 5
Years
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Dec 2 – Back on April 14, 2023
DOJ announced the unsealing of
fentanyl trafficking, weapons,
and money laundering charges
contained in three Indictments
charging 28 defendants,
including 23 based in Mexico,
four based in China, and one
based in Guatemala, adding
that "JULIO MARIN GONZALEZ was
previously arrested in the
United States and will be
arraigned before U.S. District
Judge Katherine Polk
Failla."
Inner City
Press, covering the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York,
went to Gonzelez' arraignment
on April 20.
He had been
appointed a CJA lawyer, whose
associate and a paralegal were
there, the latter translating
the indictment to Gonzalez. He
said they have "begun
discussing" it; he pled "no
cupable" / not guilty.
The AUSA
when asked said there were no
victims, at least under the
statute.
On June 6, 2024,
Inner City Press was in the
SDNY Magistrates Court when
co-defendant Silvano Francisco
Mariano was brought in,
extradited from Colombia with
drug, gun and money laundering
charges. He was assigned a
(white shoe) CJA lawyer and
was detained on consent,
already in Essex County
Correctional Facility yellow.
On June 5, 2025
counsel to co-defendant
Mariano asked to push the June
10 conference into late July,
to "continue ongoing plea
negotiations."
Jump cut to
August 13 when two more in the
case were presented in the
SDNY Magistrates Court, the
day after they and others were
flown in from Mexico. Others
questioned the legality of
their extraditions - in this
case, the two new detainees
ostensibly said the same
retained lawyer, who said a
CJA had been brought in "only
for presentment" based on what
Clerk said. Can joint
representation continue?
On August 20 the
US Attorney's Office wrote in
noting the two's "desire to be
represented by the same
counsel" - and proposing
Curcio hearing questions for
August 21. Inner City Press
went.
On September 3
co-defendant 18 Sergio Duarte
Frias pled guilty, with
sentencing set for December 16
at 3 pm.
On December 2 his
defense lawyer wrote in asking
for the minimum - 60 months -
on December 16.
Inner City Press
remains on the case(s).
The overall
case is USA v. Guzman Salazar,
1:23-cr-180 (Failla)
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