Opinion
22 Crim. 121
03-01-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ALVARO FREDY CORDOBA RUIZ, ALBERTO ALONSO JARAMILLO RAMIREZ, a/k/a "Alonso Hector," and LIBIA AMANDA PALACIO MENA, Defendants.
LIMITED UNSEALING ORDER
HONORABLE KATHARINE H. PARKER, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Upon the application of the United States, by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, DAMIAN WILLIAMS, by Assistant United States Attorney Benjamin Woodside Schrier;
WHEREAS the indictment (the "Indictment") and arrest warrants (the "Arrest Warrants") for defendants ALVARO FREDY CORDOBA RUIZ, ALBERTO ALONSO JARAMILLO RAMIREZ, a/k/a "Alonso Hector," and LIBIA AMANDA PALACIO MENA, the defendants in the above-captioned case, are currently sealed; and
WHEREAS the United States Attorney's Office has applied to have the Indictment and Arrest Warrants unsealed for the limited purposes of allowing the United States Attorney's Office to transmit the Indictment and Arrest Warrants to representatives from the U.S. Department of State, other U.S. federal agencies, and foreign authorities, including but not limited to law enforcement, intelligence, and diplomatic authorities, for purposes of effectuating requests made under Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties and extradition requests, and for coordinating federal government and law enforcement and other U.S. and foreign government activity prior to the full unsealing of the Indictment and Arrest Warrants; it is hereby
ORDERED that the Indictment and Arrest Warrants in this matter be unsealed for the limited purposes described in the preceding paragraph; and it is further
ORDERED that the Indictment and Arrest Warrants and this Order shall remain under seal until further Order from the Court.