| Illegal Reentry Trial Set
to Have Fingerprints But Defendant
Pled Guilty and Gets 16 Months
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Oct 20 – A man named Eduardo
Suazo Nunez a/k/a Francisco
Cruz is charged with illegal
reentry of the United States
in an indictment in the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York.
SDNY Judge Lewis J. Liman held
a conference on March 29.
Inner City Press was there,
the only media in the
courtroom.
Inquiry
made into an audio file in the
possession of ICE. Judge Liman
offered to issue an order to
try to get it; the AUSA said
he may write in for
that.
The Federal
Defender said the case will
turn on that audio, and a
possible motion. She said she
does not anticipate it going
to trial.
On August 8, 2024
the Federal Defender wrote in
asking for another 60 days,
for the remainder of the
records from the Executive
Office of Immigration Review
(EOIR).
Jump cut to May
2, 2025 when the Federal
Defenders moved to exclude
fingerprint expert and the use
of the word "alien" at the
trial set for May 19.
On May 5 the US
Attorney's Office wrote in and
said "based on discussions
with defense counsel, they are
unable to provide additional
information about defendant's
whereabouts" - and that he
might not appear for trial.
On May 6 Judge
Liman granted the request and
canceled the trial.
On May 13, the
defendant was taken into
custody and detained on
consent.
He pleaded
guilty: "Change of Plea
Hearing as to Eduardo Suazo
Nunez, withdraws previous plea
and enters a plea of Guilty to
Count 1 of the Indictment.
Court Exhibit #1 - Pimental
Letter. Defendant to remain in
custody pending sentencing.
Sentencing set for September
12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On August 29 the
Federal Defender wrote in
asking for time served "to
expedite his return to
Honduras" - where, the memo
says, he lived in San Pedro
Sula, and on the island of
Roatan.
On September 5,
the US Attorney's Office wrote
in emphasizing repeat behavior
and asking for the top of its
guideline: 37 months.
On September 10:
"the defense currently intends
to request one. However, I
write to request additional
time to speak with Mr. Suazo
Nunez (who is detained at MDC
Brooklyn) about the contours
of such a hearing, and in
light of counsels’ respective
trial schedules, the parties
request additional time to
confer regarding scheduling."
On October 2 the
US Attorney's Office put in an
incident report from the MDC,
defendant found with a blue
iPhone.
He was sentenced
to 16 months, as docketed on
October 20: "JUDGMENT IN A
CRIMINAL CASE as to Eduardo
Suazo Nunez (1). The defendant
pleaded guilty to count 1 of
the Indictment. No open
counts. IMPRISONMENT: Sixteen
(16) months imprisonment."
The case
is USA v. Suazo Nunez,
1:24-cr-186 (Liman)
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