Case Against Kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero: Prosecutor Requests Anonymous Jury for Trial
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
NEW YORK — Rafael Caro Quintero, co-founder of the now-defunct Guadalajara Cartel, attended a new hearing in his case in New York on Wednesday, where the prosecution requested that the jury for his trial be anonymous. During the Wednesday hearing, held at the Eastern District Court of New York in Brooklyn, the parties discussed classified documents and evidence that will be presented during the trial, as reported by the Mexican newspaper La Jornada. In addition to anonymity, the prosecution also requested Judge Frederic Block to keep the jury 'partially isolated,' a request it had already made in a document published on Tuesday. In that document, the prosecution asked the judge that the names, addresses, and workplaces of both the jury candidates and the final panel 'not be disclosed to the parties or their attorneys.' Furthermore, it demanded that, each day of the trial, jurors be transported 'to and from' the courthouse by the U.S. Marshals Service and remain isolated from the public while in court. 'These measures are necessary to protect the integrity of the trial and the impartiality of the jury, preventing harassment, intimidation, or other interference directed at its members,' the prosecution stated in a filing. In this regard, it argued that this case involves charges 'of exceptional gravity' and that Caro Quintero 'has the means to interfere in the judicial process and has a long history of having done so, for example, with the murder of a U.S. federal agent' or 'continuing his criminal conduct while in a Mexican prison.'
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