News (Media Awareness Project) - US FL: Wire: 2nd Juror Reported Paid In Alleged Drug Lord Trial |
| Title: | US FL: Wire: 2nd Juror Reported Paid In Alleged Drug Lord Trial |
| Published On: | 1999-08-22 |
| Source: | Associated Press |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-05 22:50:09 |
2ND JUROR REPORTED PAID IN ALLEGED DRUG LORD TRIAL
MIAMI - A second juror was paid in exchange for a vote to acquit two reputed
drug kingpins in a 1996 federal trial, the Miami Herald reported Saturday.
The existence of the second bribed juror was revealed Friday at a bond
hearing for Jorge Luis Hernandez, a friend of alleged cocaine lords Augusto
"Willie" Falcon and Salvador "Sal" Magluta.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Davis referred to recorded conversations
between Hernandez and a government informant. The juror was not identified.
Last month, jury foreman Miguel Moya was convicted of taking $400,000 in
bribes for his vote.
MIAMI - A second juror was paid in exchange for a vote to acquit two reputed
drug kingpins in a 1996 federal trial, the Miami Herald reported Saturday.
The existence of the second bribed juror was revealed Friday at a bond
hearing for Jorge Luis Hernandez, a friend of alleged cocaine lords Augusto
"Willie" Falcon and Salvador "Sal" Magluta.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Davis referred to recorded conversations
between Hernandez and a government informant. The juror was not identified.
Last month, jury foreman Miguel Moya was convicted of taking $400,000 in
bribes for his vote.
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