New York, United States.
The justice of USA condemned time served and ten years of supervised release to the former mayor of Paradise, Copan, Hamilcar Alexander “Chande” Ardónaccused of drug traffic.
During the sentencing hearing in the Federal Court for the Southern District of New Yorkthe judge Paul A. Engelmayer declared: “Lord Ardon Sorianoyou cooperated, but it must be said: you trafficked 250 tons of cocaine. And there are the murders. But I have a letter from the judge Kevin Castelabout how a witness whose drug records were used in the trial was beaten to death.”
“Please stand up, sir. Ardon Soriano. I sentence you to serve a conviction already supervised release by ten years. The standard conditions and special conditions of the pre-sentence report will apply, including obeying the laws of immigration“, he asserted Engelmayer.
The judge added: “I consider that his five years in custody They are more than that.”
“Chande” Ardón voluntarily surrendered to justice USA in 2019and since then it became a cooperating witness of the New York City Attorney’s Office In cases like that of former president Juan Orlando Hernández and his brother Juan Antonio “Tony” Hernandez.
The judge Engelmayer favored Ardon with the letter 5K1.1a benefit he had been looking for since he began negotiating with the federal agents.
