UNITED STATES of America
v.
Luis Fernando Quesada MOSQUERA, Jose Ramirez Ramiro a/k/a "Pollo", Javier Quesada Mosquera, Diego Quesada Mosquera, Claudia Tobon-Munoz, Jimmy Velosa-Montenegro a/k/a "Chino", Guillermo Fernandez a/k/a "Nato", Fanneth Munoz-Gomez, Gladys Toro, Marta Garcia, John Hoyos a/k/a "Checo" Efinginio Rojas a/k/a "Victor Mesa", Raul Cano, Alvaro Ortiz, Roberto Cerchiara, Norberto Castro a/k/a "Beto", Mauricio Grajales Guevara a/k/a "Ramiro" a/k/a the "Doctor", Hector Medina a/k/a "Kevin" a/k/a "065", Defendants.
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March 16, 1993.
March 16, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mary Jo White, U.S. Atty. by Cheryl Pollak, David C. James, Brian T. Moriarty, Brooklyn, NY, for U.S.
Donald R. Schecter, Kew Gardens, NY, for defendant F. Quesada Mosquera.
Robert Wolf, New York City, for defendant Ramirez Ramiro.
Richard Kwasnik, New York City, for defendant J. Quesada Mosquera.
Juan A. Campos, Campos & Wojszwilo, New York City, for defendant D. Quesada Mosquera.
Todd D. Greenberg, Addabbo & Greenberg, Forest Hills, NY, for defendant Tobon-Munoz.
Gerald Rosenthal, New York City, for defendant Velosa-Montenegro.
Richard Berne, Brown, Berne & Serra, Bronx, NY, for defendant Fernandez.
Telesforo Delvalle, New York City, for defendant Munoz-Gomez.
David Zapp, Leonia, NJ, for defendant Toro.
Joel M. Stein, New York City, for defendant Garcia.
Richard Rosenkranz, Brooklyn, NY, for defendant Rojas.
John Harris, New York City, for defendant Cano.
Lawrence Herrmann, Jackson Heights, NY, for defendant Ortiz.
Joseph Famighetti, Axelrod, Cornachi & Famighetti, Mineola, NY, for defendant Cerchiara.
Barry Gene Rhodes, Brooklyn, NY, for defendant Hoyos.
Faith Colangelo, Dobbs Ferry, NY, for defendant Castro.
James DiPietro, Brooklyn, NY, for defendant Grajales Guevara.
Joseph Gentile, Williston Park, NY, for defendant Medina.
Eleanor Jackson Piel, New York City, administrative coordinating counsel.
Asian American Legal Defense & Educ. Fund, Asian American Bar Ass'n, by Margaret Fung, Stanley Mark, New York City (Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C. by Denny Chin, of counsel).
The Legal Aid Soc., Federal Defenders Services Unit, E.D.N.Y. by Leonard F. Joy, Brooklyn, NY.
New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation by Arthur N. Eisenberg, Norman Siegel, New York City (White & Case by Allan L. Gropper, Helen A. Feuer, James M. Wicks, of counsel).
Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Educ. Fund by Sandra Del Valle, New York City (Community Service Soc. of New York by Juan Cartagena, New York City, of counsel).
Mexican American Legal Defense & Educ. Fund by Esteban Lizardo, Los Angeles, CA.
United States District Court, E.D. New York.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, District Judge.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
There are eighteen Spanish-speaking defendants in these related complex cases alleging narcotics and money-laundering offenses. All require interpreters. Each defendant is represented by a different lawyer. Ten lawyers are privately retained. Eight are assigned pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act ("CJA"), 18 U.S.C. § 3006A.
The government's evidence includes...
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