| Honduran
Arrested in
The Bronx for
Robbery Pled
to Illegal
Reentry Now
Asks Time
Served
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 22 – Darwin
Martinez Castillo came to the
US from Honduras. He was
arrested for robbery in the
Bronx, did two years in state
prison then 65 days Federally
before being deported.
Then he came
back.
On August
9, 2023 he was before U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Gabriel W.
Gorenstein, to plead guilty.
Inner City Press was there,
the only media in the SDNY Mag
court. Thread:
OK - now at
guilty plea in US v Martinez
Castillo, who tells judge
through Spanish language
interpreter that he can't
write, can read "pocito."
Indicted for illegal re-entry
of US as a felon. Has been in
MDC-Brooklyn jail for 4
months.
Break was
taken to translate US
Attorney's Pimintel letter,
which puts sentencing
guideline at 30 to 37 months.
Defendant says, Yo entiendo.
After serving prison time he
faces deportation.
Again.
Martinez
Castillo says when he robbed
in The Bronx because he had
nowhere to sleep. He did 2
years, then 65 days Federal
before being deported to
Honduras, where he had
problems. Sentencing Nov 28.
#JOH
That
reference is to former
Honduras president Juan
Orlando Hernandez, also in the
MDC. Two tracks, in parallel.
On November 22,
Martinez-Castillo's Federal
Defender asked for time served
(eight month). On the same
day, the US said JOH can meet
with counsel in the SDNY SCIF,
but cannot see any of the CIPA
information.
This case
is US v. Martinez Castillo,
23-cr-205 (Kaplan /
Gorenstein)
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