| Man Extradited from Costa
Rica for Cocaine
Trafficking Pleads Not Guilty So
Dec 4 Next
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Aug 26 – On August 13
DOJ announced "the unsealing
of a Complaint and Indictment
charging Gilbert Bell
Fernandez, a/k/a 'Macho Coca,'
with conspiring to import
cocaine into the United
States. BELL FERNANDEZ
was extradited from Costa Rica
to the United States. The case
has been assigned to U.S.
District Judge Dale E. Ho."
On August 26
Judge Ho held the arraignment;
Inner City Press live tweeted
it:
Judge Ho: How do
you plead? Bell Fernandez: Not
guilty. Judge: AUSA, what is
the evidence? AUSA Robles: DEA
reports, recorded calls in
Spanish. We will complete
discovery in 30 days.
Judge Ho: I
usually sent another
conference after the defense
has had the discovery for some
time. Is that OK? Federal
Defense: Perhaps a conference
in December. Judge: Ten weeks
to review? It doesn't sound
voluminous. FD: I'm out near
the end of November
Judge Ho: Friday,
Dec 4 at 9:30 am. At that time
I'll set a trial date and
motion schedule. Anything
else? AUSA: To exclude time
under the Speedy Trial Act
FD: No objection.
Judge Ho: Granted
Complaint with
photos on Patreon here
along with some SDNY analysis
The case is USA
v. Fernandez, 1:25-cr-411 (Ho)
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