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Big Fines Paid In Full For Guat Traffickers
posted (November 9, 2018)
Last night, we told you about the huge fines that 2 of the 12 Guatemalans got slapped with, after police settled for charging them with firearms offences. The cops couldn't charge them with drug trafficking for that 1,000 pounds of cocaine they found off the Coastal Road. Well tonight, 7News has learned that the fines of over a hundred thousand dollars have been paid up in full. That means that all the Guatemalans will not be facing jail time and they will be deported.

Mario Lopez Moreira, and Bernardo Franco Carias, pleaded guilty to 5 separate gun charges, and 9 separate gun charges respectively. They did that to allow three others accused along with them to go free.

Their attorneys, Leeroy Banner and Emmerita Anderson, convinced Magistrate Emmerson Banner to fine, but not confine the men.

Magistrate Banner fined Franco Carias a total of $65,545 and Moreira a total of just over $35,000 dollars.

Both men were at risk of spending 14 years and 12 years in jail if they defaulted on payment, which was due forthwith. And tonight, reliable sources tell us that both men have paid up rapidito, and in full. We attempted to reach one of their attorneys to confirm, but up until news time, our calls and text message inquiries remain unanswered.

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