| On UN
Corruption
UNDT Takes
Month on Press
Request Then
Withholds All
Records so
Request
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack UN GATE,
Oct 13 – UN official Vitaly
Vanshelboim, whose unsealed
Federal court indictment Inner
City Press exclusively report,
has benefited from UN
cover-ups under outgoing
Sec-Gen Antonio Guterres. His
spokespeople Stephane Dujarric
and Farhan Haq have refused to
answer Press questions; now
his UNDT has taken a full
month to respond to a request,
then denied all records. UNDT President
Sun Xiangzhuang wrote that “I
do not find that you have
demonstrated good cause
warranting such an exceptional
access,†and so “your request
is dismissed.†But the rule he
cites, Practice Direction No.
6, paragraph 13, says only
that access to non-party
materials “can only be granted
by a Judge.†It says nothing
about “exceptional†access or
“good cause.†Those words
appear in paragraph 10, about
parties’ ex parte filings. The letter does
not say what would suffice.
The Tribunal’s own Order No.
60 (GVA/2024) says the
internal justice system “is
governed by the principles of
transparency and
accountability.†Judge Sun was
the presiding judge of the
three-judge panel in
Vanshelboim. Inner City
Press has asked for
reconsideration and a reasoned
decision. And from the
Spokespeople? Nothing. Nothing
at all. Totally corrupt. The US
Mission to the UN, which talks
loudly of "thinning down the
UN" is no help - they have
delayed now months a US FOIA
request about Ambassador Mike
Waltz spending.
Submitted on the
morning of October 5, 2026 to
UN spokespeople, Farhan Haq,
Stephane Dujarric, Antonio
Guterres, Amina J. Mohammed,
Melissa Fleming, et al: Oct 5-1: On UN corruption and cover-ups, what are the comments and action if any of SG Guterres, and separately USUN / PR Waltz and Greek PR, on the now unsealed indictment against Vitaly Vanshelboim of UNOPS, first reported by Inner City Press? Oct
5-1a: On alleged rapes by UN diplomats what
are the comments and actions if any of SG
Guterres, and
separately USUN / PR Waltz and Greek PR, on
the case against Paolo Zampolli, previously
DPR of Dominica and congratulating SG Guterres
and the 2026 UNGA week you banned Inner City
Press from? See, e.g, Oct 5, 2026,
Daily Beast, "Model Agent Who Claims He
Introduced Trump to Melania Is Accused of
Rape," byTom Latchem, "The complaint, first
reported on by Inner City Press, alleges she
reported the incident to the NYPD," https://www.thedailybeast.com/ Oct 5-c:
Please immediately provide the reasoning for
MALU's Sept 29 denial of my July 25, 2026
application https://www. ----------
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Unit (MALU) Oct 5-1d - Again, will the Greek Mission (cc-ed here) confirm or deny what Greek media Ekathimerini is reporting, that Feridun Sinirlioglu is campaigning for SG? Any comment from SG Guterres, given the posts he gave Sinirlioglu After
the briefing,
open to
a UN
Correspondent
who did a
fundraiser
with Ghislaine
Maxwell,
devoted to softball
questions
about FAO and
plague
in Russia
nothing - not
even an
acknowledgment
of
receipt. Days
previous: What
inquiry if any
did the UN do
after the
conviction of
Ghislaine
Maxwell for
sex
trafficking,
and Amir
Dossal's
service as 1
of 5 people on
her Terramar
Foundation's
board? On what
basis does Mr.
Dossal (unlike
Inner City
Press which
reports on sex
trafficking
and the UN)
have access to
the UN, for
example
yesterday at
Ivonne
A-Baki's
stakeout? What
was his role
there, and in
her team? What
type of UN
entrance pass
does Mr.
Dossal have? Inner City Press will continue to ask these questions daily, and to report the silence when that is the answer. Watch this site.
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On UN Corruption UNDT Takes Month on Press Request Then Withholds All Records so Request
Lopez Charged With Killing Man and Stabbing Woman in Hells Kitchen Is Remanded in 111 Centre
| Lopez Charged With
Killing Man and Stabbing Woman
in Hells Kitchen Is Remanded in
111 Centre
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack 111
CENTRE ST,
Oct 13 –
A man charged with murder was
brought on October 13 before
NYS Justice Althea Drysdale in
111 Centre Street. Inner City
Press was there, and live
tweeted: here in NYS court
111 Centre Street for
arraignment of Carlos Andres
Delgado Lopez for allegedly
murdering a man and attacking
a woman inside his Hell’s
Kitchen apartment. Clerk: How do you
plead? Delgado Lopez: (not
guilty) ADA: I am service
notice of immigration
consequences. We'll give
discovery in 15 days. A bail
application when the court is
ready. Justice Althea
Drysdale: People's response
11/26, decision December 8 ADA: This
occurred on September 9. A
victim was knifed in his
apartment, and called the
decedant who came to help and
was killed. Family members are
here in the courtroom. The
cause of death was kitchen
knife on aorta. Defendant was
found by police, erratic ADA: This
defendant is charged with
murder and attempted murder.
The murder weapon was
recovered. The defendant gave
a psychiatric defense with a
drug component. He is a
citizen of another country and
therefore a flight risk.
Justice Drysdale: Green sheet?
Defense:
There will be a psychiatric
defense. His sister is here.
He'd like a negotiated plea-
Justice Drysdale: I must
correct the record. At
arraignment there were two
warrants at that time.
Defense: Both were dismissed -
they should not be considered
Defense: We'd
like bail. Justice Drysdale:
The Court finds remand is what
is reasonably necessary to
ensure this defendant's return
to court. Remand.
Adjourned.
After a lengthy sidebar,
Justice Drysdale before
greeting a woman in a Yankee
jersey who worked with her in
AP-2 in Queens nine years ago,
said, We have just had a
substantive
conference. A summary of the
case, from DA Bragg's office:
DELGADO LOPEZ allowed his
female friend to periodically
stay at his apartment, near
West 47th Street and Tenth
Avenue. On September 9,
2026, DELGADO LOPEZ allegedly
attacked the woman without
provocation, striking her body
several times with a sharp
object and knocking her to the
ground. Moments later, the
woman ran into her bedroom and
barricaded herself inside to
prevent DELGADO LOPEZ from
entering. As DELGADO
LOPEZ allegedly pushed and
banged against the door, the
woman contacted Jan Carl Mesa,
DELGADO LOPEZ’s friend who
lived nearby. At approximately
2:35 p.m., Mr. Mesa entered
the apartment and attempted to
calm DELGADO LOPEZ while the
woman remained in the bedroom.
DELGADO LOPEZ allegedly
stabbed Mr. Mesa in the torso.
Mr. Mesa left the apartment
and collapsed outside. A few
minutes later, after DELGADO
LOPEZ left, the woman exited
the bedroom and found Mr. Mesa
bleeding. Both victims were
transported to a hospital to
be treated for their wounds.
Mr. Mesa died hours later from
two stab wounds to his chest
and the woman remained
hospitalized for several
days. DELGADO LOPEZ
allegedly fled the scene and
was arrested near Columbus
Circle several minutes
later. Pursuant to a
court-authorized search
warrant, police officers
recovered a knife from inside
his apartment. December 8...
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Bronx Pawn Shop Stick Up Resulted In 84 Months now VOSR for No Reentry or Restitution
| Bronx
Pawn Shop Stick Up Resulted In
84 Months now VOSR for No
Reentry or Restitution By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 13 –
Lenny
Oquendo pled
guilty to an
armed stick
up of a Bronx
pawn shop
before U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York then
Magistrate
Judge James L.
Cott on May
31, 2019.
Judge
Cott noted
that while the
robbery was on
1 September
2018, the plea
agreement was
dated 20 March
2018, then
(half)
corrected to
20 May, still
2018.
Assistant US
Attorney Kyle
A. Wirshba
genially
apologized. In
the underlying
complaint,
Oquendo was
described as
tying the pawn
shop victim up
with duct tape
and making off
with $2
million in
jewels. That
is crossed out
and,
handwritten
in,
$200,000.
The victim in
fact
recognized
Oquendo as
having used
the pawn shop
for two years.
On
March 24, 2019
AUSA Wirshba
wrote to the
assigned
District Judge
Paul G.
Gardephe with
a stated
mandatory
minimum of 84
months in
prison, to
apologize for
having
"inadvertently
failed to
request that
Mr. Oquendo be
produced for
Monday's
conference." On
December 3,
2019, Oquendo
was sentenced
to 84 months
and five years
of supervised
release. Jump
cut to
September 24,
2025 when
Oquendo was
back in SDNY
Mag Court, on
an alleged
violation of
supervised
release. Inner
City Press was
again there. It
emerged that
after being
arrested by
Yonkers PD for
shoplifting,
Oquendo did 30
days then was
released - and
immediately
taken in to
Federal
custody on the
VOSR.
Probation
wondered where
he would be
living. The
Federal
Defender,
standing in,
mentioned a
sister in The
Bronx and a
brother in
Middletown.
Probation
mentioned
someone else
in Middletown;
the phone with
numbers could
not be found. Judge
Cave ordered
him detained
pending a
Friday
September 26
at 2 pm
hearing. Thwas
was pushed
back several
times until it
resulted in a
stated
sentence of 89
days. On
October 13,
2026 Inner
City press was
back in the
SDNY Mag court
when Oquendo
was brought in
and read two
specification,
failure to
report to a
residential
reentry
facility, and
not acting on
restitution.
He was
detained on
consent and
was set to see
Judge Gardephe
on October 22. The
case is USA v.
Lenny Oquendo,
1:18-cr-790
(Gardephe /
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