| Prosecution
of Venezuela Cartel Citing Maduro Had
Cliver Pleading Guilty Now Fatico Hearing
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 18 – Cliver Antonio Alcala
Cordones is charged as part of
a wide indictment of the
Venezuelan "Cartel de Los
Coles" and Colombia's
FARC. Also charged: El
Pollo, due in New York on July
20, 2023, see below.
On June 7,
2021 U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Alvin K.
Hellerstein held a proceeding.
Inner City Press covered it.
The
indictment cites Nicolas
Maduro, and said he
"coordinated foreign affairs
with Honduras and other
countries to facilitate
large-scale drug
trafficking."
Jump cut
to November 30, 2022, when not
only the UN's Antonio Guterres
but now the Administration in
Washington, eager for oil, has
taken a different view of
Maduro. But the case goes
forward - in a pre-trial
proceeding attended by Inner
City Press, the US asked for a
July 2023 trial date and got
one, July 10 - threadette:
OK - now at
Venezuela narco case of US v.
Carvajal-Barrios, et al.,
proceeding delayed for some by
lack of interpreter....
Asst US
Attorney says wants July trial
date for today's defendant
Cliver Antonio Alcala Cordones
- but DOJ is still providing
discovery from another case.
Judge says July
10 trial, "no adjournments."
Then, guilty
plea- of Cliver Cordonez on
June 29.
On January 8,
2023 Cliver's lawyer wrote it
noting that Cliver only pled
to providing aid to the FARC
when he was a general. He
asked for 72 months as a
sentence.
On January 15,
MLK Day, the US Attorney's
Office wrote in asking for 360
months: 30 years.
On January 18,
the sentencing was scheduled
but did not happen. Rather, a
fact-finding Fatico hearing
was set: "Status Conference as
to Cliver Antonio Alcala
Cordones held on 1/18/2024.
Sentencing began... Sentencing
is adjourned; Fatico hearing
is scheduled for 2/27/24-
2/28/24 at 10:00am."
In the hall
it was said Cliver must be
disappointed that drugs are
still in the case, at least at
sentencing.
The case is US v.
Carvajal Barrios, et al.,
11-cr-205 (Hellerstein)
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