| Honduras
Mario Jose Calix Hernandez Flown In and
Jailed As Future Extraditions Said Stalled
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Sept 6 – In the closing
arguments on March 6, 2024
AUSA Tarlow said that narco
trafficking had grown under
Honduras President Juan
Orlando Hernandez. On March 7,
out of the hearing of the jury
and for then the Press, JOH's
lawyer Stabile said he'd heard
different overnight.
From who?
The
defendant's wife he said.
Was this
just a play for a mistrial?
Judge Castel
concluded it was, and denied
Stabile's motion, Order on
Patreon here.
Later on March 8,
the verdict, here-
then the book Narco Drama in English then Spanish.
On August 28,
successor President
Xiomara Castro
asked
Honduran Foreign Minister
Enrique Reina to "denounce"
the country's extradition
treaty with the United States.
Amid that on
August 30, another sentencing,
thread
OK - - now
at sentencing of Honduras
military official Freddy
Alonso Archaga Hernandez for
leaking info to drug
trafficking gang - this just
after Honduras moved to end
narco extraditions to the US
Defense lawyer:
Because of who he is, it has
been hard for him in jail
Judge: What is the status of
his immigration case? Defense:
He doesn't have a lawyer in
that, it is in Florida.
Defendant: I am
sorry. Here in the US I have
had to work construction jobs.
Judge: I am
varying down to 20 months [US
asked for 30 months] Mr
Hernandez helped drug gangs
evade capture, but he did not
engage in violence.
In September in
the Mag court which Inner City
Press covers, "Minute Entry
for proceedings held before
Magistrate Judge Valerie
Figueredo: Initial Appearance
as to Mario Jose Calix
Hernandez held on 9/5/2024.
Detention Hearing as to Mario
Jose Calix Hernandez held on
9/5/2024. BAIL
DISPOSITION: Detention on
consent w/o prejudice
The case is US v.
Archaga Hernandez, 24-cr-337
(Clarke)
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