| Asylum
Seeker from
Guatemala Is
Indicted for 1
Kilo of Heroin
in SDNY after
Released on
Bond
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 6 – A
woman from
Guatemala who
drives an Uber
was arrested
for picking up
one kilogram
of
heroin.
On
August 9 she
was presented
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.
The
Assistant US
Attorney asked
for detention
on grounds of
risk of
flight, saying
that Virginia
Marisol Lemus
Recinos
entered the
country
illegally. He
acknowledged
she has
applied for
asylum.
The Federal
Defender said
she fled
Guatemala and
threats to
burn her house
down ten years
ago and might
be eligible
for the safety
valve.
Judge
Gorenstein
said he
doubted she
would
"self-deport."
He ordered her
released on
$50,000
bond.
On
September 6,
the case was
indicted and
wheeled out to
Judge Arun
Subramanian.
The
case is now US
v. Recinos,
23-cr-464
(Subramanian)
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