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Honduras JOH
Trial Pushed
Back to Sept
18 Now Defense
Opposes Ex
Parte CIPA 2
Session
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
Book
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 10 – 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 October 25,
JOH's October 27 proceeding
was pushed back, to November
15, 2022 - and when it
happened, Inner City Press was
there, and live tweeted,
thread here
and below.
On January 3,
2023, the US asked to delay
JOH's April 24 trial to
mid-June, or to July or August
as the defense requests. His
lawyer had not gotten approved
to view classified
information. From the letter
(full letter here)
"The parties jointly write
with respect to the April 24,
2023 trial date and other
upcoming deadlines currently
scheduled in this matter. The
defense respectfully requests
that the Court adjourn the
trial to a date in July or
August 2023... The Government
initiated the process for
defense counsel to obtain the
requisite clearances to view
the classified materials in
June 2022 and understands that
defense counsel is in the
process of submitting
necessary forms to obtain his
clearances."
But Judge Castel
did not approve it, at least
not yet, ruling on January 4:
"Docket Text: ORDER as to
(15-Cr-379-10) Juan Orlando
Hernandez. The Court has
received the government's
letter of January 3, 2023
seeking an adjournment of the
April 24, 2023 trial date. The
trial remains as scheduled....
(Signed by Judge P. Kevin
Castel on 1/4/2023)."
Judge Castel
convened a January 10
proceeding, at which JOH's
trial was pushed back to
September 18 with Tigre
Bonilla. Inner City Press
covered both, JOH live tweeted
thread here.
After the
conference, JOH's new lawyer
wrote to Judge Castel opposing
any "ex parte" CIPA 2
proceeding, and disputing any
conflict of interest. We'll
have more on this - watch this
site
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