Driver Charged With 200 Kilos of Drugs Is
Free But 3 Co-Ds in Jail Now 1 Seeks
Asylum
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY EXCLUSIVE,
Aug 16 – In the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
on November 17, 2022 a
detention or bond proceeding
was held by Magistrate Judge
Jennifer E. Willis on a
defendant charged conspiring
to transport 200 kilos of
narcotics cross-country to New
York.
Inner City
Press was there, the only
media in the Mag Court.
The
defendant, Christopher Burgos,
had retained counsel, who
argued that his client has a
job driving trucks in airports
and should be released.
The
prosecutor sought detention.
But Judge Willis ruled that if
a $100,000 personal
recognizance bond is signed by
three other people, including
two family members (possibly
including the wife from whom
Burgos was said by his lawyer
to be separated), he could be
released.
He was. Jump-cut
to August 16, 2023, when
Burgos before Judge John P.
Cronan sat at the defense
table while his three
co-defendants were in the jury
box with US Marshals. Trial is
set for January 29, 2024 – but
issues have arisen about
discovery being designated
“attorney’s eyes only,” and
defendant Bhupinder Singh Virk
wants to apply for bail, with
his lawyer emphasizing his
application for asylum. Inner
City Pres will continue to
cover the case.
The case is US v.
Burgos, et al., 22-cr-618
(Cronan)
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