| Woman
Seeking Asylum After Husband Killed in
Colombia Stays in Detention, ICE Detainer
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY EXCLUSIVE,
Dec 21 - In the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
on November 28, a detention or
bond proceeding was held by
Magistrate Judge Stewart D.
Aaron on woman illegally in
the US from Colombia, where
her husband was killed by a
gang called Los Esperantos,
the SDNY prosecutor said.
Inner City
Press was there, the only
media in the Mag Court.
The
defendant Ms. Valencia,
according to the Assistant US
Attorney, had been apprehended
by ICE in Arizona for illegal
entry.
The Federal
Defender said she had applied
for asylum, as her husband was
killed by a gang; she has a
sister living in Allentown,
Pennsylvania and working at
FedEx who can vouch for her.
But when
Judge Aaron took a break in
the Magistrates Court robing
room, the prosecutors says he
learned that if ordered free
on bond, ICE would detain Ms.
Valencia.
Accordingly, the Federal
Defender withdrew the
application for release on
bond - but weeks later,
appealed. Inner City Press was
again there.
District Judge
John P. Cronan upheld her
detention, citing death
figures for fentanyl and sales
in October 2022 with payments
of $2500 and $5000. The next
date in the case is February
10, 2023.
[This detention
might be contrasted with Sam
Bankman-Fried. Watch this
site]
The case now is
US v. Aguilar, et al.,
22-cr-669 (Cronan)
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