United States v. Rodriguez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. Criminal Action No. 19-224 (TJK) LAZARO VITON RODRIGUEZ et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM ORDER A grand jury indicted Defendants in June 2019 for participating in an international drug- importation conspiracy. But Defendant Cesar Gomez Almonte was not arrested until December 2020, and Defendant Lazaro Viton Rodriguez not until January 2022. Although they rely on dif- ferent legal theories, they each now move to dismiss the indictment based on prearrest delay. The Court has reviewed written and live testimony…