judgment “Miami”, Case in which the National Court tried 81 people for crimes against public health, money laundering, document falsification, illegal possession of weapons, currency exchange and counterfeiting against the public Treasury, 10 months to five and a half years in prison and fines It is close to 85 million euros.
The Fourth Criminal Division of the National Court sentenced him to five years in prison on his 271-page sentence. Ana María Cameno, nickname ‘Chicken’for crimes against public health substance that causes serious harm to health, amount of notorious head of a criminal organization, money laundering and possession of illegal weapons. The Chamber applies simple alleviation of undue delay to all convicted persons and to him and to the approximately 60 defendants who admitted to the facts, another defendant highly qualified to confess and cooperate with the Justice Administration.
The court also condemned Artemio López Tardón sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of close to 85m euros Money laundering offenses arising from drug smuggling, crimes against the Treasury and falsification of documents. Instead, he is acquitted of a crime against public health that belongs to a leadership-level organization that the Drug Enforcement Prosecutor also indicts, and which has caused notoriously serious harm. The room imposes Higher five-and-a-half-year sentence for David Martínez García for money laundering from drug trafficking and document falsification.
Neither the suppliers nor the amount of medicine
The sentence declares that it has been proven Members of a South American-based criminal organization in the decade from 2000 to 2010 destined the introduction of large quantities of cocaine Europevia Spain, Contacted persons residing in Spain, “without identity neither the quantity of cocaine suppliers nor buyers, the amount brought in, how and when it was placed on the market, how and by whom it was distributed, how many times it was made or ultimately how this import was made”.
Despite the corroborated evidence, the judges Due to the massive importation of cocaine from South America, there is insufficient evidence to admit the accused persons as the perpetrators.Like Artemio López Tardón and the other defendants. He admits, however, that “in recognition of this massive arrival of cocaine in Spain, they run several trading operations.” promotion of profits from the sale and distribution of cocaine imported in commercial legal traffic”.
Although it is not known who the cocaine suppliers and importers were, investigations were conducted into who (at least in the second half of the decade) on the Spanish side. They were in constant contact with them.. This Ana María Cameno is unconditionally supported and followed. David Vela Narro and Raúl and Victor Juárez Smith And Laurentino Sanchez Serrano (three Colombians of origin).
In a collegiate manner, as with the brothers, they were always aware of the details of the negotiations. Nestor Mario and Carlos Mauricio Gutierrez Ramirez that even though they failed to manage the organization, they kept in touch with the suppliers and contributed to the good outcome of the illegal business.
unnecessary delays
The Court rejects the application of high-quality alleviation of unnecessary delays by the court. complexity of the causethey are in More than 400 people researchedThe fact that the defendants reside outside Spain, along with the proceedings in courts across Spain, has led to a large number of letters of rogation and extradition requests being issued.
All this, he adds, “combined with the seriousness of the facts”, “the pause caused by the pandemic, the presence of other preferential manifestations, or the lack of a suitable room with enough space for about 200 people (including the courtroom)”. defendants, defendants, lawyers, prosecution and public)”.