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Honduras Narco
Case US Asks 30
Years on Bonilla
Who Asks 10
Years Sentencing
Aug 1
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Substack
SDNY EXCLUSIVE,
July 25 – After
the president
of Honduras'
brother Tony
Hernandez was
convicted of
drug
trafficking
and sentenced
to life plus
thirty years,
on April 21,
2022 the
ex-president
himself, Juan
Orlando
Hernandez, was
extradited to
the United
States.
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On December 19,
2023 as to co-defendant Tigre
Bonilla, Judge Castel ruled:
"ORDER as to Juan Carlos
Bonilla Valladares; The trial
of this action has been long
set for February 5, 2024. The
Court does not anticipate
moving that trial date or
granting a severance."
It was moved to
February 6. After Pineda plead
guilty, on February 6 on no
notice, and with Inner City
Press the only media in the
courtroom, Tigre Bonilla pled
guilty. Thread
Four months later
on June 6 Bonilla's new lawyer
asked for a 45 day delay in
sentencing.
On July 19
Bonilla's lawyer asked for a
10 year sentence, citing ill
health. The sentencing is
scheduled for August 1.
He put in letters
by lawyer Ilsi Johana Ventura
Escobar, Elmer Cohen and
others
On July 25 the US
Attorney's Office wrote in
that it "respectfully submits
that a 30-year sentence (below
the applicable Guidelines
sentence of life imprisonment,
which is also the sentence
recommended by the Probation
Office) is warranted."
More
details on X
for subscribers here and
Substack here
The case is US v.
Diaz Morales, et al.,
15-cr-379 (Castel)
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