| Man
Extradited for
Sale of
Cocaine from
Colombia to
NYC Pled &
Now Asks for 5
Years
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Aug 19 – Jorge
Escarraga
Medina offered
to sell 1000
kilograms of
cocaine from
Colombia and
Venezuela.
For
this, he was
arrested and
extradited to
New York.
On August 10,
2023, he
appeared in a
WCDOC orange
jail jumpsuit
before U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York
Magistrate
Judge Gabriel
W. Gorenstein.
Inner City
Press was
there, the
only media in
the SDNY Mag
Court.
Because he was
extradited,
release on
bond was
unlikely to
say the least.
His Federal
Defender
consented to
detention.
He
was slated to
appear before
District Judge
Jessica G. L.
Clarke.
He
did, again, on
December 18
and Inner City
Press was
there. The
AUSA said a
plea offer had
been made; the
Federal
Defender said
it would
likely be
accepted. But,
he said, MDC
lock-downs had
made entry
impossible,
and BOP has
not treated
Medina's
hernia or
sinus
condition. A
next
conference was
set for
February 9,
2024 at 10 am.
On
February 9,
Medina pled
guilty to
Count 1.
On
August 19,
Federal
Defenders
wrote in
asking for
five years as
a sentence,
half of the 10
years
Probation
recommends.
Sentencing is
set for
September 3.
The
case is US v.
Medina,
22-cr-413
(Clarke /
Gorenstein)
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