New York, United States.
The trial of the Honduran Geovanny Fuentes Ramírez entered the final part in New York.
Yesterday the judge Kevin Castel reported to the procedural parties who will present the final arguments of the trial today.
This means that The Manhattan prosecutors have to explain why Fuentes should be found guilty of conspiring to smuggle hundreds of tons of cocaine into US soil.
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On your side, the defense attorneys will present their allegations aimed at proving the innocence of the accused.
Once this phase is completed, the jury, consisting of 12 New York residents, will withdraw to consider any evidence that was evacuated during the trial.
They will pass judgment later.
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During the debate, the United States attorney presented a series of pieces of evidence implying Ramirez sources in the drug trade.
The prosecutors’ star witness was the leader of the Los Cachiros cartel, Devis Leonel Rivera Maradiaga, who revealed that Fuentes Ramírez had a criminal structure made up of police, military and politicians to trade cocaine to the United States.
El Cachiro claimed to have bribed Juan Orlando Hernández, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, former President Manuel Zelaya and Ricardo Álvarez. A series of photos were also presented of the accused in the military, his sons and brothers posing with politicians, firearms and large sums of money. And transcended conversations between him and Honduran agents, in which they reportedly discussed issues related to drug trafficking.
In the final stage of the trial, a video of the interrogation appeared, made by Sandalio González, a DEA agent. the day of his capture in Miami.