Friday, October 11, 2024

Venezuela Ex Spy Chief Carvajal June Trial But CIPA Issues Loom and Jail Calls Still Out There


by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Oct 8 – Venezuela's former spy chief Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios a/k/a El Pollo is in US custody in a narco-trafficking conspiracy case begun in 2011, after a long extradition fight in Spain.

    Carvajal was arraigned by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Stuart D. Aaron on July 20. Inner City Press thread: more on Substack here

On December 12, 2023 Inner City Press was there, thread

Jump cut to October 8, 2024 - Judge Hellerstein inquired into discovery (some jail calls are still to be produced) and set a trial date: June 23, 2025. Pollo's new lawyer, however, is not yet CIPA certified...

More on Substack here

 Inner City Press is on the case, which is US v. Carvajal Barrios, et al., 11-cr-205 (Hellerstein)

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