By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell Book
BBC-Guardian UK - Honduras - ESPN NY Mag
SDNY Exclusive, Apri 6 – In a multi-defendant indictment for exporting kilos of cocaine from Colombia, with little fanfare on April 6, 2022 Deivy Alexander Artunduaga Ramirez pleaded guilty. Inner City Press was present and now exclusively reports it.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald held the proceeding.
Nothing in the docket indicated there would be a guilty plea. Judge Buchwald asked who was attending, and Inner City Press identified itself: the only non-party present.
A hiccup developed, in that the defendant made forfeiture in Colombia before he was extradited to the US. But the prosecutors did not lower their demand.
There is a 60 month mandatory minimum sentence (with no eligibility for the safety valve), to be followed by deportation. The sentencing is set for July 26 at 12:30 pm, in person.
The co-defendants are John Alejandro Sanchez Huertas, Hugo Alejandro Torrijos Medina and Marco Aurelio Rosales.
This case is US v. Ramirez, 18-cr-352 (Buchwald)
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