| Man
Charged With
Moving Meth to
NY From
Calexico Asks
Less than 72
Month Sentence
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 26– A man indicted for a
conspiracy to transport meth
from California to New York
asked to be released on bail
to his home in California near
Calexico (and Mexicali) on
June 26. Inner City Press was
there, before U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge P.
Kevin Castel. Thread here:
OK- now at bail
hearing on detained Alfredo
Astorga; in SDNY Magistrates
Court, his frequent crossing
from Calexico to Mexicali were
cited to detain him.
Defense
tells District Judge it was
for dental care.
AUSA says a man
who has already pled guilty
mailed $53,000 cash for meth
to the address is asking to be
bailed to. Next shipment was
by cross-country drive, ended
at a traffic stop in Missouri.
Judge: The
evidence is strong, of 30
kilos of meth. Defendant has a
previous bench warrant, a
while ago. He denied he
traveled to Mexico, and could
go again. He will remain
detained.
On April 25, 2024
Astorga's lawyer wrote in
requesting less than 72 months
when he is sentenced on May 9.
The case is US v.
Astorga, 23-cr-94
(Castel)
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