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Honduras Ex Prez
Juan Orlando
Hernandez Awaits
Trial No Pineda
3500 Material Out
of US
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 14 – 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 February 3,
JOH's lawyer moved to sever
his trial from that of Tigre
Bonilla: " it is the
defendant’s position that
prejudicial spillover will
occur in that evidence that is
admissible against one or both
of the other proposed
defendants (i.e. Mauricio
Hernandez Pineda and Juan
Carlos Bonilla Valladares
(i.e. “El Tigre Bonilla”) will
be prejudicial to the former
Honduran President, Juan
Orlando Hernandez Alvarado."
Full letter on Patreon here.
On March 14,
2023, Judge Castel ruled that
Pineda and his lawyers can't
take discovery / 3500 material
out of the US: "ORDER as to
Mauricio Hernandez Pineda. IT
IS HEREBY ORDERED that the
defendant and his defense team
including but not limited to
Messrs. Ma and Womble, and any
U.S. based paralegals,
investigators, and
interpreters working for the
defendant, Mr. Ma, and Mr.
Womble shall not transport or
transmit any of the 3500
Material outside of the United
States; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED
that the defendant and his
defense team shall not show or
disseminate any of the 3500
Material to anyone other than
the defendant and U.S. based
paralegals, investigators, and
interpreters working for
Messrs. Ma and Womble; IT IS
FURTHER ORDERED that the
defendant shall not possess
any of the 3500 Material,
either before, during, or
after the Trial, except when
reviewing the 3500 Material in
the presence of Mr. Ma and/or
Mr. Womble or U.S.-based
paralegals, investigators, and
interpreters working for
Messrs. Ma and Womble; IT IS
FURTHER ORDERED that the
defendant and his defense team
shall return to the
Government, or destroy, all of
the 3500 Material at the close
of the Trial or when any
appeals have become final; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that
defense counsel may seek
authorization of the Court,
with notice to the Government,
to provide certain specified
materials to persons whose
access to such materials is
otherwise prohibited by this
Order, if it is determined by
the Court that such access is
necessary for the purpose of
preparing the defense of the
case. (Signed by Judge P.
Kevin Castel on 3/14/2023)."
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