------ Forwarded Message > From: ddbriones <d...@narconews.com> > Reply-To: <narconews-ow...@yahoogroups.com> > Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:27:06 -0500 > To: <narcon...@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [narconews] Conroy: Iran/Contra Whistleblower Castillo Ordered to > Report to Federal Prison >
> > > July 13, 2009 > Please Distribute Widely > > Dear Colleague, > > On July 10 Cele Castillo, the former DEA agent turned Iran/Contro > whistleblower, has been sentenced to 37 months on charges of gun sales lacking > the proper paperwork. As Narco News¹ correspondent Bill Conroy points out, > this case has been tarnished since the beginning when Castillo¹s lawyer > seriously mishandled his case along with conflicts of interest. > > Conroy reports: > > ³Despite being represented by an attorney, Robert E. De La Garza, who has been > suspended by the State Bar of Texas for misapplying clients¹ funds, the > federal judge in Castillo¹s case, at the urging of the government prosecutor, > determined that there is no evidence of Castillo¹s defense being tainted by > the stink of ineffective assistance of counsel. > > ³The key to the severity of the prison sentence meted out to Castillo who is > a former DEA agent and decorated Vietnam veteran with no prior criminal record > is that the prosecutor in his case argued, and the judge seemed convinced, > that Castillo was likely trafficking weapons in Mexico and by implication to > members of narco-trafficking cells. > > ³But Narco News recently obtained documents (letters now filed with the > Department of Justice) that allege the judge in Castillo¹s case was mislead > about the trafficking charges by the prosecutor in the case which was > initiated under the reign of U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton (a 'dear friend' of > former president George W. Bush), who recently left the post to take a job in > the private sector.² > > Find out about all the details in the railroading of whistleblower Cele > Castillo online at Narco News: > > http://www.narconews.com <http://www.narconews.com> > > From somewhere in a country called América, > > David B. Briones > Webmaster > The Narco News Bulletin > http://www.narconews.com <http://www.narconews.com> > webmas...@narconews.com <mailto:webmas...@narconews.com> > > Narco News is supported by: > > The Fund for Authentic Journalism > P.O. Box 241 > Natick, MA 01760 > http://www.authenticjournalism.org <http://www.authenticjournalism.org> > > The Fund receives online donations at this web page: > > http://www.authenticjournalism.org <http://www.authenticjournalism.org> > > Apply for your co-publisher's account, here: > > http://www.narconews.com/copublisher/application.php > <http://www.narconews.com/copublisher/application.php> > > Subscribe for free alerts of new reports: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/narconews > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/narconews> > > Suscribete gratis para alertas de nuevos reportajes en espanol: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/narconewsandes > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/narconewsandes> > > Inscreva-se para alertas gratuitos de reportagens do ultimo minuto em > portugues brasileiro: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/narconewsbrasil > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/narconewsbrasil> > > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message
