| After Firing
Lawyer in SDNY Man Charged in
CBP Agent Shooting Still Has
Him in NY Case
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack SDNY
EXCLUSIVE,
Feb 19 รข€“ Five days after a
shooting in NYC which drew
comments from DC and beyond,
on July 24, 2025 SDNY
prosecutors announced they are
"charging MIGUEL FRANCISCO
MORA NUNEZ and CHRISTHIAN
AYBAR-BERROA in connection
with the shooting of an
off-duty Customs and Border
Patrol Officer. The
incident occurred on July 19,
2025, at Fort Washington
Park. AYBAR-BERROA was
arrested today and will be
presented tomorrow before
Magistrate Judge Ona T.
Wang." Jump cut
to February 19, 2026, when
Mora Nunez was slated to
change his plea to guilty.
Inner City Press was there;
Mora Nunez was brought on by
US Marshals and said he wanted
a new lawyer. Out in the
hallway many CBD officers
waited. Inside, with no other
media present except Inner
City Press, Mora Nunez was
brought out again to meet his
new lawyer. He said, "I
haven't seen any decisive
evidence against me yet." Out in the hall,
when Inner City Press
announced the news first
orally and now here in
writing, several CBP officers
expressed disbelief. Inner
City Press will continue to
follow the case. There was nothing
in the docket setting up the
February 19 proceeding; there
is, however, co-defendant
Aybar-Berroa's motion for a
hearing and special order
under Local Criminal Rule
23.1(h), focused on the
Government's press conference
and "highly prejudicial
statements." More Feb 19
details on X for Subscribers here
and Substack here Previously, Inner City Press live tweeted the detention proceeding, thread On July 31, 2025
Mora Nunez was presented, by
video from a hospital bed,
before SDNY Magistrate Judge
Aaron. Inner City Press again
live tweeted, here More on X for Subscribers here and Substack here The case was
indicted and wheeled out to
Judge Loretta A. Preska, who
held an initial conference on
September 3. Mora Nunez was
there - and so was Inner City
Press: All rise! AUSA:
We will produce discovery,
including the DANY file. Defense duo: We'd
like time to review. Judge:
December 2, 1 pm. Speedy Trial
Act time excluded Mora Nunez
lawyer: He's getting no wound
care in the MDC, only aspirin FD: Just noting
the parallel NYS case And at the end of
February 19, 2026, at least
according to NYS WebCrims,
Mora Nunez (known in WebCrims
as just Miguel Mora) was still
listed with the same lawyer he
essentially fired in SDNY, and
a court date coming up. Will he and
Aybar-Berroa continue to go
forward with both Federal and
State cases against them, like
Luigi Mangione? More on X for
Subscribers
here and Substack here The case is USA
v. Nunez, et al., 1:25-cr-367
(Preska)
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