| Two Men
Known as Gordo
and 28
Indicted in
Drug
Conspiracy Now
Vasquez Time
Served
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 13 – In a two-person
drugs and guns conspiracy
indictment, Jhoan Vasquez on
September 13, 2023 was brought
before U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Magistrate Judge Sarah L.
Cave. Inner City Press was
there, the only media in the
SDNY Mag court.
In
the indictment, Vasquez' a/k/a
is "28;" his co-defendant,
still in the holding cell
awaiting his Simpson Thatcher
CJA lawyer, is called
Gordo.
Vasquez was
assigned another CJA lawyer
and was detained on consent.
The case is assigned to Judge
Analisa Torres.
On June 27,
without it being immediately
docketed (for a month), Colon
pled guilty before Magistrate
Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky.
On July 18,
Vasquez' or 28's lawyer wrote
in that "communication have
broken down" with his client
and asking that another lawyer
be assigned.
On July 31,
Colon's guilty plea was
accepted by Judge Torres and
sentencing was set for October
21.
On October 4
Colon's lawyer wrote in asking
for a "sentence substantially
below the guidelines."
On October 15 the
US Attorney's Office wrote in
asking for 216 months, with
sentencing set for October 21.
On that day he got 120 months.
On August 25,
2025 Vasquez pled guilty.
On December 18
Vasquez' request for an
extension to file sentencing
memo was granted, until
December 28 - with the US
submission due on New Years
Eve, December 31.
On January 12,
Vasquez was sentencing to time
served.
The case is
US v. Colon, et al., 23-cr-472
(Torres / Cave)
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