2024-01-08 21:15:55
Redaction. The legal defense of the former head of the National PoliceJuan Carlos “El Tigre” Bonilla, who remains imprisoned in the United States, undergoes a change a few weeks before the trial against the Honduran begins.
Lawyers Raoul Zaltzberg and Bernarda Villalona are the current legal representatives of the former police officer. His team includes César de Castro, whom the court appointed as additional lawyer and whose task will only be to provide advice to the accused on issues prior to the trial. judgment.
Juan Carlos Bonilla.
Also, it was clarified that “the judgment of this action has been scheduled for some time for February 5, 2024. “The Court does not plan to change that trial date.”
Also read: Defense of “El Tigre” Bonilla asks to separate his trial from the JOH case
Crimes attributed to Bonilla
The prosecutor’s office of the Southern District Court of New York charges “El Tigre” Bonilla with the following crimes:
Conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States Use and carry machine guns and destructive devices in relation to the conspiracy to import drugs Use and carry firearms in furtherance of the conspiracy to import cocaine. On May 10, 2022, the extradition of the former police chief was carried out.
The reading of charges against the former police chief took place on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. Bonilla He pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
Who is César de Castro?
César de Castro studied Business Administration at the Pennsylvania State University, in the United States, in 1997 and later, in 2000, he studied the degree of Juris Doctor at the School of Law of NYdetails the New York law firm’s website.
The lawyer César de Castro.
The lawyer presents himself as one of the members of the ‘super lawyers’ and on his website he highlights the defense that led to the total acquittal of a client related to the largest tax shelter trial in the history of the United States.
From 2000 to 2002, Castro served as a law clerk in the Office of Staff Lawyers of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and received the 2002 Sustained Excellence Award. He then obtained the position of assistant prosecutor of district under Robert M. Morgenthau, in the County District Attorney’s Office NY.
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