| Man Who Spent 21 Months in Colombia
Jail Gets 63 More Months for Fentanyl
Importation
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 3 - In the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
on January 3, a sentencing was
held by Judge Sidney H. Stein
on a defendant who served 21
months in prison on Colombia
before extradition on the
SDNY, for conspiracy to send
10 kilos of fentanyl to the
US.
Inner City Press
was there, the only non family
member in the courtroom
gallery. Related
Mag Court live-tweeted
thread (more on Patreon
here)
vlog here
Ricardo
Quiroga Guzman
spoke for
himself,
saying he is
humiliated and
seeking mercy.
His lawyer
told Judge
Stein that his
client is a
certified
swimming
instructor,
helping the
disabled, but
needed money.
Hence the
attempted drug
deal.
Judge
Stein
sentenced
Guzman to 63
months, saying
it would have
been 84 but
for the time
in Colombian
prison,
extended due
to Colombian
authorities
neglecting to
transfer
Guzman to the
SDNY. He
imposed five
years
supervised
release,
noting
deportation.
The case is US v.
Guzman, 19-cr-715
(Stein)
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