United States v. Duarte-Acero

ORDER

GONZALEZ, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE has come before the Court upon Defendant Jose Duarte-Ace-ro’s Motion to Dismiss Indictment for Violation of Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and Articles 12(4), 13 and 14(1) of the ICCPR, filed December 28, 2000. The parties have briefed the Motion fully, and the Motion is now ripe for disposition. For the reasons stated below the Motion will be DENIED.

I. Background

The facts of this case are reported in this Court’s prior order, United States v. Benitez, 28 F.Supp.2d 1361, 1362-63 (S.D.Fla.1998), and thus need not be restated…