by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Aug 11 – For bringing large quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico through Texas to New York, Francisco Javier Mecina Barrera, Adalid Cabrera Huato and others have been charged in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Inner City Press on June 2 went to the courtroom of SDNY District Judge Victor Marrero and witnessed the guilty plea of Francisco Javier Mecina Barrera, which had not been listed in the day's Calendar on PACER.
Mecina Barrera had been arraigned on a superseding indictment on May 24 by Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein, with a final pre-trial conference ostensibly sent for June 2 at 9:30 am.
Then just after, unannounced, he pleaded guilty. Later the prosecutors bragged about the Cartel de Houston. But how much is being hidden? Sentencing is set for September 8 at 10 am.
On August 11, a co-defendant's sentencing submission was sealed: "ORDER as to (21-Cr-133-6) Adalid Cabrera Huato. The Court hereby approves the sealing request by defense counsel regarding defendant Huato's sentencing submission. (See Dkt. No. 220.)"
The overall case is US v. De Le Mora, et al., 21-cr-133 (Marrero)
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