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For 92 Kilos of Coke 2 Men Freed But Colombian Girlfriend Jailed While Wife Works For Dominican Ministry

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC The Times (UK) Honduras - The Source 

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Nov 27 –  Three people were in a car driving to New York from Miami with 92 kilograms of cocaine worth $2.7 million in the car, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Robert W. Lehrburger was told on November 27, Thanksgiving Eve.    First Judge Lehrburger heard the arguments of David Palma and the younger Kevin Palma, 23, described as his nephew. Both are US citizens with links to the Dominican Republic.    The Assistant US Attorney argued that one or both might try to fly to Santo Domingo since they have face a ten year mandatory minimum.     But Judge Lehrburger freed both on both, with David Palma to return to the 24 security officers at the US Attorney's Office with his passport on Thanksgiving or face a warrant for his arrest.     David Palma's girlfriend Ms. Sanchez, a citizen of Colombia, did not fare so well. She was described as without ties to the community.   Judge Lehrburger asked, Does she live with David Palma?   No, was the answer, she rents a room in Queens where she works in a hookah bar from 9pm to 5 am three nights a week.   In fact David Palma's $100,000 bond, his Federal Defender Jonathan A. Marvinny said, is going to be signed by his wife, described as having a well paying job with "the Dominican Embassy."     The Dominican Embassy is in Washington; in New York is the consulate and the Dominican Mission to the UN, where Francis Lorenzo who pled guilty to UN bribery worked as Deputy Permanant Representative.    After taking a break in the Magistrate Court's robing room Judge Lehrburger returned to the bench and said, I'm sorry Ms. Sanchez but you have not rebutted the presumption.     All three faced a presumption for detention, but David and Kevin Palma were released. Beyond gender, seemingly the key difference was citizenship status, as impacts risk of flight.  One assumes the overall case is called US v. Palma, et al - but the docket number given did not show up in the PACER database even an hour after the proceeding. Inner City Press will have more on all this.

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