| Leal Took
Suitcase He Thought Was Full of Drugs
Arrested in Tijuana So Now 24 Months
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC
- Guardian
UK - Honduras
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 11 – Raymundo Leal was
charged in 2017 with accepting
delivery in New Jersey of a
suitcase of 19 bricks of what
he thought was
cocaine.
But he
could not be located, until he
walked into the U.S. consulate
in Tijuana, Mexico on May 16,
2019. He was arrested on June
8, 2019, at a border crossing
in Tijuana.
On January 11 U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
George B. Daniels held a
sentencing. Inner City Press
covered it.
The US Attorney's Office urged
a sentence of 57 to 71 months.
But Judge
Daniels, citing the Safety
Valve proffer and the
conditions of the defendant's
time in prison, imposed a
sentence of 24 months.
The case is US v.
Leal, 17-cr-596 (Daniels)
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