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Honduras Narco
Case JOH To Meet
in SCIF But
Cannot See
Classified Info
Unlike Schulte
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 22– After
the president
of Honduras'
brother Tony
Hernandez was
convicted of
drug
trafficking
and sentenced
to life plus
thirty years,
on April 21,
2022 the
ex-president
himself, Juan
Orlando
Hernandez, was
extradited to
the United
States.
[Espanol aqui]
Inner City
Press which covered the trials
of Tony Hernandez and Giovanny
Fuentes Ramirez immediately published
the unsealed JOH indictment,
which was returned on January
27, 2022 but left under seal.
On June 29, 2023,
the JOH trial was delayed:
"Trial is scheduled for
February 5, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
in Courtroom 11D.
On November 22,
2023, the US Attorney's Office
wrote in to say that while it
will arrange for JOH to meet
his lawyer in the SCIF the
following week, he cannot see
classified information there,
unlike Joshua Schulte (about
whom Inner City Press
published a book, Brutal
Kangaroo) and Cholo Abdi
Abdullah. Letter on Patreon here.
Back on October
25, 2022 JOH's October 27
proceeding was pushed, to
November 15, 2022 - and when
it happened, Inner City Press
was there, and live tweeted,
thread here
and below.
On February 3,
2023 JOH's lawyer moved to
sever his trial from that of
Tigre Bonilla Full letter on
Patreon here.
On May 29, 2023 -
Memorial Day - JOH's lawyer
filed a lengthy discovery
request Full request on
Patreon here.
The case is US v.
Diaz Morales, et al.,
15-cr-379 (Castel)
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