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OK- #NarcosHonduras case of Salguero now before @SDNYLIVE Judge Castel, who's done Tony H and soom JOH. Inner City Press will luve tweet, thread below 
Ronald Salguero wants to fire Linda George and retain Baum. George says she didn't know until she saw Baum signed in to visit Ronald in MDC jail.
Baum / Zapp reads a CorrLinks email from Ronald, translating from Spanish.
Ronald: I want Zapp.
Judge: This has peril. Trial is in November.
Ronald: I want Zapp.
Judge: This has peril. Trial is in November.
OK- on #NarcosHonduras, now the day before sentencing of Tony Hernandez, in another docket Juan Manuel Avila Meza (corrupt policeman) is being sentenced. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below. For now, this song, on NarcoPresidente soundcloud.com/innercitypress…
Juan Manuel Avila Meza's lawyer: OK, he showed up at a meeting. But he surrendered voluntarily at the US Embassy.
[Sentencing submission says he joined Los Cachiros in 2004, argues for guideline sentence of 210 to 262 months and $42,000 forfeiture]
[Sentencing submission says he joined Los Cachiros in 2004, argues for guideline sentence of 210 to 262 months and $42,000 forfeiture]
Defense: Mr. Avila was never posted to cities through which drugs were moving. He has confessed guilty, but there is duress - not a defense, but relevant. He is trying to do what he can: he went to the DEA and said, I am here.
OK - in #NarcosHonduras trial of US v. Geovanny Fuentes, it's jury deliberation. The courtroom has been opened; the jury is in another room but will send out notes. Song: soundcloud.com/innercitypress… Inner City Press will live tweet - thread below.
Update of 10: 47 am: Something is afoot. The Marshals have brought Fuentes out of the holding cell. AUSAs on their way (Judge Castel's 8 minute rule). Unlike other days, Fuentes looks alert, looking all around. One might say "worried" but with mask, hard to tell.
OK - Judge Castel just came to the bench. "Here we have electronic exhibits. With paper exhibits, an index not as needed: the jury could thumb through. On Friday, the defense objected to exhibits going on. Now jury wants the exhibits." Why is defense objecting?
OK - #NarcosHonduras trial of US v. Geovanny Fuentes, replete with damning evidence about President Juan Orlando Hernandez, has gotten to closing arguments, with jury deliberations to being later today. Inner City Press will live tweet - thread below
Before the US begins its closing argument, Judge Castel first tells the lawyers that the glassed-in box could not be moved closer to the jury. They could go there - but would have to be masked. Also, he dismisses statute of limitations objections.
Judge Castel: The defense's argues that the defendant's son Mr. Guterres must have been a member of the conspiracy for his hearsay statements to be admissible. But Mr. [Leonel] Rivera provided evidence a jury could find Mr. Guterres was a part of the conspiracy.
OK - #NarcosHonduras trial, Day 7 of evidence, Fuentes' lawyer gave DEA Agent Gonzalez a 50-page report to question him on, so 30 minute break ending now. Yesterday: innercitypress.com/sdnylive10hond… patreon.com/posts/48887388 Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
They're back. Judge Castel tells jury to blame him for the delay, not any of the parties.
Now Fuentes' lawyer read a stipulation (agreement), that the DEA conducted at least 10 joint interviews of Javier and Leonel Rivera.
Now Fuentes' lawyer read a stipulation (agreement), that the DEA conducted at least 10 joint interviews of Javier and Leonel Rivera.
Fuentes' lawyer: The casa presidencial is in downtown Tegucipalpa, right? Have you been in downtown Tegucigalpa?
Agent Gonzalez: I've been to my hotel. And one restaurant.
Agent Gonzalez: I've been to my hotel. And one restaurant.
#NarcosHonduras: Geovanny Fuentes Post-Arrest Interview I, uploaded by Inner City Press and reported here innercitypress.com/sdnylive10hond… and here patreon.com/posts/48887388 via @YouTube
#NarcosHonduras 5: Geovanny Fuentes Post-Arrest Interview , uploaded by Inner City Press and reported here innercitypress.com/sdnylive10hond… and here patreon.com/posts/48887388
#NarcosHonduras 8: Geovanny Fuentes Post-Arrest Interview, uploaded by Inner City Press and reported here innercitypress.com/sdnylive10hond… and here patreon.com/posts/48887388
OK - in #NarcosHonduras trial of US v. Fuentes-Ramirez, Day 6 of evidence continues with "Witness-1" being cross examined about the video he copies of JOH. Audio call-in line still cut. Inner City Press will live-tweet, thread below
Fuentes' lawyer: You came to the US on a visa in 2012 and overstayed the visa, correct?
Witness-1: No.
Fuentes' lawyer: Do you remember telling the FBI that in 2019?
Witness-1: No. I came three times, four times, before staying.
Witness-1: No.
Fuentes' lawyer: Do you remember telling the FBI that in 2019?
Witness-1: No. I came three times, four times, before staying.
Fuentes' lawyer: You're telling us both meetings with Juan Orlando Hernandez took place before the election, correct?
Witness-1: Yes.
Fuentes' lawyer: So at least one of the meetings took place before you left with the US, correct?
Witness-1: Right.
Witness-1: Yes.
Fuentes' lawyer: So at least one of the meetings took place before you left with the US, correct?
Witness-1: Right.
OK - #NarcosHonduras trial, Day 5 of testimony, now "Witness-1" for whom the US Attorney's Office demanded cut of the call-in line, is on the stand. Pending the transcripts they said would be quickly available (where?), Inner City Press will live tweet, below
AUSA: Did you see other individuals on the defendant's property at Cerro Negro that day? How were they dressed?
Witness-1: Como personas de la ciudad [Like city people]
Witness-1: Como personas de la ciudad [Like city people]
Witness-1: I have them the money, and I pulled back from the property.
AUSA: Focusing on the 2d time you delivered money to Cerro Negro, how long after the 1st time was it?
W1: 3 months.
AUSA: Who asked you to go there?
W1: Mi jefe.
AUSA: Focusing on the 2d time you delivered money to Cerro Negro, how long after the 1st time was it?
W1: 3 months.
AUSA: Who asked you to go there?
W1: Mi jefe.
OK - it's #NarcosHonduras trial Day 4 - Judge Castel did not yet mention the cut-off of call-in line demanded by US Attorney's Office, just said resume cross examination of Leonel Rivera. patreon.com/posts/48772116 Inner City Press will live tweet - thread below
Fuentes' lawyer: Do you remember telling prosecutors Chino had been arrested on a drug charge in Miami?
Leonel Rivera: Generally, yes.
Leonel Rivera: Generally, yes.
Fuentes' lawyer: Do you remember Toen Montes saying Chino might cooperate, and seeking your help to kill Chino?
Leo Rivera: Toen Montes is a narco-trafficker.
Fuentes' lawyer: So Chino was killed in jail?
Leo Rivera: That, I don't remember.
Leo Rivera: Toen Montes is a narco-trafficker.
Fuentes' lawyer: So Chino was killed in jail?
Leo Rivera: That, I don't remember.
OK - it's #NarcosHonduras trial Day 3 of testimony, with cooperator Leonel Rivera still testifying. He has cited Commissioner Martinez, a UN-trained drug helper, photo of his UN pin below. No answer from UN. Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
Leonel Rivera cites, twice, "a corrupt police official, Avila Mesa."
Geovanny Fuentes' lawyers have no objection.
AUSA: What did "Metro" say about the meeting?
Leo Rivera: That Avila Mesa had brought the guns, and with the defendant, detained the men's car.
Geovanny Fuentes' lawyers have no objection.
AUSA: What did "Metro" say about the meeting?
Leo Rivera: That Avila Mesa had brought the guns, and with the defendant, detained the men's car.
AUSA: Mr. Rivera, what can you say about the defendant bringing cocaine base to Honduras on boats?
Leo Rivera: I saw one of his boats in the Dep't of Cortez.
AUSA: Who was there?
Leo Rivera: Me, the defendant, Metro, & my brother Javier. And a woman Metro brought.
Leo Rivera: I saw one of his boats in the Dep't of Cortez.
AUSA: Who was there?
Leo Rivera: Me, the defendant, Metro, & my brother Javier. And a woman Metro brought.
OK - #NarcosHonduras trial Day 2, with DEA Agent Fairbanks still on the stand. Geovanny Fuentes' lawyer is cross-examining him. Yesterday, Commissioner Martinez was trained by the UN (asking UN today). Inner City Press will live tweet - thread below
Fuentes' lawyer has asked DEA Agent Fairbanks if he is aware of Fuentes saying JOH should be replaced.
The Assistant US Attorney objected.
Judge Castel (to DEA Agent) - "Does this refresh your recollection?"
The Assistant US Attorney objected.
Judge Castel (to DEA Agent) - "Does this refresh your recollection?"
Fuentes' lawyer: Did Fuentes call for the resignation of the president Juan Orlando Hernandez?
DEA Agent Fairbank: Yes. Then Comanche said-
Judge Castel: That's not what is being asked.
Fuentes' lawyer: Do you remember why Fuentes said the president should resign?
DEA Agent Fairbank: Yes. Then Comanche said-
Judge Castel: That's not what is being asked.
Fuentes' lawyer: Do you remember why Fuentes said the president should resign?
#Breaking: In #Wirecard / @Eaze trial of US v. Weigand, cooperator Oliver Hargreaves just admitted that his boss Gary Murphy was working with... Gilbert Amenta, on whom Inner City Press has exclusively reported in connection with #OneCoin. patreon.com/posts/46757731
Defense lawyer: You knew Armenta's money was illegal, correct?
Hargreaves: Yes.
Defense: And you knew about OneCoin, correct?
Hargreaves: Yes.
Defense: And a connection between Gary Murphy and Armenta, right?
Hargreaves: Yes.
Hargreaves: Yes.
Defense: And you knew about OneCoin, correct?
Hargreaves: Yes.
Defense: And a connection between Gary Murphy and Armenta, right?
Hargreaves: Yes.
Defense lawyer: And you knew OneCoin was a Ponzi, right?
AUSA: Objection [!]
Judge Rakoff: It's his opinion.
Hargreaves: Yes. OneCoin was a crypto currency fraud.
AUSA: Objection [!]
Judge Rakoff: It's his opinion.
Hargreaves: Yes. OneCoin was a crypto currency fraud.
OK - the Honduras narco-trafficking trial of US v. Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez is beginning. Inner City Press has reported all of the run-up, including CC-4/JOH, has repeatedly asked the UN about SG @antonioguterres' support of JOH, & will live tweet, thread below
Judge Castel has taken the bench, says to bring the jurors. Geovanny Fuentes is sitting at the defense table, with two U.S. Marshals citing six feet behind him. The prosecutors are the table in front, closest to the judge.
Judge Castel says the open arguments will begin in approximately 15 minutes. It is slower than usual, moving jurors around the courthouse given Covid protocols. There is a plexiglass booth for which ever lawyer is questioning, and another box for the witness.
