| Extradited From Colombia
FARC Member El Doctor Asks For Valhalla To
Treat Stomach Cancer
By Matthew
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 27 -- Armando Gomez was
indicted in April 2018 for a
conspiracy to import into the
United States ton quantities
of cocaine from Colombia,
where he was a member of the
FARC.
His nickname in
the sealed indictment was "El
Doctor."
On February 27,
2020 Armando Gomez was
presented in shackles in U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrates Court and assigned
a free lawyer. He had been
imprisoned in Colombia since
2018, then extradited - hence
the sworn-to poverty.
When he was
presented, Inner City Press
was the only media in the SDNY
Mag Court.
His assigned Criminal Justice
Act counsel Margaret M.
Shalley consented to his
detention, and asked SDNY
Magistrate Judge to recommend
that he remain at the jail in
Valhalla in suburban
Westchester, where she said El
Doctor can get treatment for
his stomach
cancer.
After the
presentment, Assistant US
Attorney Jason A. Richman
wrote to SDNY District Judge
Valerie Caproni requesting a
conference on March 5 and an
exclusion of time, "as the
defendant's co-defendants
remain in Colombia pending
extradiction." The case is US
v. Gomez, 18-cr-262 (Caproni /
Cave).
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