Thread: Lawyers ask stay to ready defense

Lawyers ask stay to ready defense

BY MICHELLE BRADFORD

Posted on Friday, February 29, 2008

Lawyers for two Acambaro restaurant operators charged with harboring illegal immigrants and money laundering are seeking a trial delay in order to analyze and translate evidence and find witnesses who’ve been deported to Mexico.

Brothers Arturo Reyes Jr., 35, of Rogers and Armando Reyes, 33, of Lowell are scheduled for trial March 10. Their attorneys filed a motion Thursday in U. S. District Court in Fayetteville seeking to delay the trial by at least six months.

Supporters of the four defendants in the case continue to file affidavits seeking bond for the brothers.

The Reyeses have been held without bond since the Dec. 10 raid at Acambaro Mexican restaurants in Benton and Washington counties.

The brothers, along with Silvia Reyes — Arturo’s wife — are charged with harboring illegal immigrants as employees and with money laundering. A fourth restaurant operator, Lucila Huaracha, 33, of Rogers is charged with harboring illegal immigrants.

The two women are free on bond. All four defendants are suspected illegal immigrants.

In late January, members of Catholic, civic and charity groups filed affidavits seeking bond for Arturo and Armando Reyes. The documents describe the brothers as moral, law-abiding family men who’ve lived in Northwest Arkansas more than 15 years. They state the men aren’t flight risks.

Last week, eight Benton County residents filed affidavits pledging their homes as collateral for bond. They are Arturo and Berta Hernandez; Jesus and Angelica Socorro; Lorena and Lane Larson, Alicia Gutierrez and Maria Zazueta.

“The affidavits show these men are exemplary citizens — so much so that people in both the Anglo and Hispanic communities are willing to put up their homes as collateral,â€

The affidavits show these men are exemplary citizens — so much so that people in both the Anglo and Hispanic communities are willing to put up their homes as collateral,â€

Found a lot of previous threads regarding this story but chose the most recent one to piggyback onto.
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Reyes Brothers Free On Bond Until Trial

March 10, 2008

By Ron Wood
THE MORNING NEWS

FAYETTEVILLE -- Two brothers accused of harboring illegal aliens will be free until trial.

Arturo Reyes Jr., 35, of Rogers and Armando Reyes, 33, of Lowell were denied bond in January but asked for reconsideration after their trial was moved to June.

Magistrate Judge James Marschewski agreed to set a bond of $50,000 for Arturo Reyes and $35,000 for Armando Reyes after several people who know the two agreed to pledge their homes to secure the bond. Terms also include home detention and electronic home monitoring supervised by the U.S. Probation Office and restricted travel.

The brothers have been in jail since their arrest Dec. 10. Trial is set for June 2 in U.S. District Court in Fayetteville.

Two co-defendants, Silvia Reyes, 36, Arturo's pregnant wife, and Lucila Huaracha, 33, who lives in Rogers, were freed on bond in January.

All four are in the country illegally, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Members of the Northwest Arkansas Immigration Criminal Apprehension Task Force raided Acambaro restaurants Dec. 10.

The charges include money laundering, conspiracy and abetting the harboring of illegal immigrants by providing them with employment.

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All four are in the country illegally, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

So who's going to feed them, etc. They can't work. Flight risk EVEN with monitors - ???? PG wife, we pay no matter what!




Another judge minus common sense. If you commit the crime, you do the time. They all reside illegally in the US!

Acambaro Defendants Seek Delay Of Trial Date
Last updated Thursday, May 1, 2008 6:38 PM CDT in News
By Ron Wood
The Morning News
Email this story Print this story Comment on this story FAYETTEVILLE - Attorneys for four illegal immigrants charged with harboring illegal aliens and money laundering want another delay in the case.

Arturo Reyes Jr., 35, Silvia Reyes, 36, and Lucila Huaracha, 33, who live in Rogers, and Armando Reyes, 33, of Lowell are all charged with aiding and abetting and conspiring to harbor illegal immigrants for commercial advantage and private financial gain by employing them at Acambaro Restaurants and Garcia's Distributor.

The case was reset in March to June 2 to allow the sides more time to prepare. The defense is asking for an additional 60-day delay. The government is not opposed to the motion.

According to court records, defense attorneys need the time to go through a huge volume of documents the government plans to use at trial and because there are more records they've yet to receive. They also contend the case contains "complex and novel issues of criminal and forfeiture law."

The Reyeses and Huaracha were arrested in a Dec. 10 raid by the Northwest Arkansas Immigration Criminal Apprehension Task Force.

Nineteen others were also arrested in the raids in Benton and Washington Counties. Most have been deported. Three are being held as material witnesses before being deported.

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