危地马拉贩毒组织被指成员引渡至Miami受审：被控共谋分销可卡因输入美国
美国司法部佛罗里达南区检察官办公室宣布，一名被指为危地马拉贩毒组织成员的男子已从危地马拉引渡至美国佛罗里达州迈阿密-戴德县 Miami，在联邦法院面对可卡因共谋指控。
据法庭记录，51岁的 Mauro Ismael Morales Martinez，别名「Melito」，被指在2012年至2023年间与他人共谋，作为一个在哥伦比亚、委内瑞拉、洪都拉斯、危地马拉和墨西哥运作的贩毒组织的一员分销可卡因；该共谋涉及分销五公斤以上可卡因，且明知或有合理理由相信这些可卡因将被非法输入美国。
Morales Martinez 被控一项共谋分销可卡因罪，罪名涉及其明知或有合理理由相信毒品将被非法输入美国。若罪名成立，他面临最低10年、最高终身监禁的联邦刑期；最终刑期将由联邦地区法院法官参照美国量刑指南及其他法定因素裁定。
此次引渡由司法部国际事务办公室办成，司法部并对危地马拉检察机关与国家民事警察在案件中的协助与协调表示感谢。
宣布这一消息的是佛罗里达南区联邦检察官 Jason A. Reding Quiñones 与联邦缉毒局（DEA）Miami外勤处特别探员主管 Miles Aley；案件由助理联邦检察官 Lynn Kirkpatrick 主诉，案号为25-cr-20339，相关法庭文件可在佛罗里达南区联邦地区法院网站查阅。
本案是「国土安全任务组」行动的一部分，该机制依第14159号行政令设立，汇集联邦、州与地方执法力量，打击卡特尔、跨国犯罪组织与人口走私贩运网络，其中 Miami 任务组由移民与海关执法局国土安全调查、联邦调查局、缉毒局等多家机构组成，起诉工作由佛罗里达南区检察官办公室主导。
司法部强调，起诉书仅为指控，在法庭以排除合理怀疑的标准证明有罪之前，被告应被推定无罪。
（来源：美国司法部）
Alleged Guatemalan Drug Trafficking Member Extradited to Miami to Face Federal Cocaine Charges
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida announced that an alleged member of a Guatemala-based drug trafficking organization has been extradited from Guatemala to Miami, in Miami-Dade County, Florida, to face federal cocaine conspiracy charges.
According to court records, Mauro Ismael Morales Martinez, 51, also known as "Melito," conspired with others from 2012 through 2023 to distribute cocaine as part of a drug trafficking organization operating in Colombia, Venezuela, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico. The conspiracy allegedly involved the distribution of five kilograms or more of cocaine intended for unlawful importation into the United States.
Morales Martinez is charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine knowing or having reasonable cause to believe it would be unlawfully imported into the United States. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years and up to life in federal prison; a federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The Justice Department's Office of International Affairs secured the extradition from Guatemala, and the department thanked Guatemala's Ministerio Publico and Policia Nacional Civil for their assistance and coordination.
U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quinones for the Southern District of Florida and Special Agent in Charge Miles Aley of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami Field Division, made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lynn Kirkpatrick is prosecuting the case, number 25-cr-20339, and related court documents are available through the District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
The prosecution is part of the Homeland Security Task Force initiative established by Executive Order 14159, a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings; the Miami task force brings together agencies including ICE Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI and the DEA, with prosecutions led by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.
The Justice Department emphasized that an indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
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