Guerrero
Pled to Gun
Running from
Red Hook to
Santo Domingo
now Arias 115
Months &
ICE
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 28 – Elvis Guerrero and
others were indicted on
charges of gun trafficking
from Maine to the Dominican
Republic.
On June
12, 2023, U.S. District Court
of for the Southern District
Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang
took Guerrero's guilty plea.
Inner City Press was there,
the only media in the SDNY Mag
Court.
The plea
deal is for a 78 to 96 month
sentencing guideline. As
described by the AUSA, the
guns were to go through Red
Hook - in Brooklyn, that is,
the EDNY -- but through waters
over which the SDNY says it
has jurisdiction.
Guerrero's
Federal Defender consented to
venue; despite the AUSA's
suggested questions, he did
not name his
co-conspirator(s).
On December
5, the US Attorney's Office
wrote in asking, for Guerrero,
for 90 months, the top of the
guidelines.
On December 12,
Judge Castel sentenced
Guerrero to 68 months, and
recommended near Boston.
Jump cut to June
20, 2024, when co-defendant
Henry Feliz Arias had his
final pre-trial conference.
Communications by Guerrero to
Arias are sought to be
excluded, as is a seeming
death threat from Arias to
"Employee-1," after Arias'
mother was arrested in the
Dominican Republic. Judge
Castel said he will reserve
judgment until trial, set for
July 8.
On July 3 in the
Magistrates Court, which Inner
City Press covers closes,
Henry Feliz Arias pled guilty.
And on January
28, 2025 he was sentenced to
115 months. After the
proceeding, the US Attorney's
Office wrote in that an ICE
detainer is in place and
"immigration authorities will
be alerted before the
conclusion of his sentence and
will take custody of him."
More details on X
for Subscribers here
and Substack here
The case is
AUS v. Guerrero, et al.,
1:22-cr-629 (Castel)
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