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USA v. Hernandez

  1. May 05, 2022

    No Early Release For Agent Convicted Of Smuggling Players

    A former sports agent convicted for his role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to smuggle Cuban baseball players into the U.S. will need to finish his three-year term of supervised release after a Florida federal judge denied his request to end his punishment 11 months early.

  2. January 26, 2022

    Fixer Who Smuggled Cuban Ballplayers Gets 13 Months

    A Florida federal judge sentenced a fixer in Haiti to 13 months in prison for helping a sports trainer and a baseball agent smuggle Cuban ballplayers into the U.S.

  3. October 26, 2021

    Fixer Pleads Guilty To Helping Smuggle Cuban Ballplayers

    A fixer in Haiti who helped a sports trainer and baseball agent smuggle Cuban ballplayers into the U.S. pled guilty Tuesday in Florida federal court to his role in an operation that brought more than a dozen players into the U.S. illegally.

  4. September 14, 2018

    Feds, Ballplayer Cut Deal On House Tied To Smuggling Case

    Major League Baseball star José Abreu has made a deal with the federal government to keep a Florida Keys house that a court ordered his former athletic trainer to forfeit after being convicted of helping smuggle Cuban baseball players, including Abreu, into the United States.

  5. December 07, 2017

    Feds Say Ballplayer Smuggler Can't Walk Free During Appeal

    The federal government shot back Wednesday at a bid by a sports trainer to evade prison while he appeals his conviction over a scheme to smuggle Cuban baseball players into the U.S. illegally, telling a Florida federal judge it is unlikely the Eleventh Circuit will rule in his favor.

  6. November 02, 2017

    Agent, Trainer Get Prison For Smuggling Cuban Ballplayers

    A Florida federal judge on Thursday sentenced a sports trainer to more than five years in prison and a baseball agent to nearly four years for their roles in a smuggling ring that brought more than a dozen Cuban ballplayers into the U.S. illegally and made the pair millions of dollars.

  7. October 31, 2017

    Cuban Ballplayer Smuggler Can't Get Feds' Visa Records

    A Florida federal judge on Monday rejected a sports trainer's request to force the government to hand over visa records for 20 baseball players granted entry since his conviction over smuggling Cuban players into the country, agreeing with prosecutors that he is not entitled to the evidence.

  8. October 18, 2017

    Cuban Ballplayer Smuggler Wants Feds' Visa Records

    A Florida sports trainer awaiting sentencing for smuggling Cuban baseball players into the U.S. asked a federal judge on Tuesday to force the government to hand over visa records for 20 other players granted entry since his conviction, saying they followed a similar path to the country and prove a lack of fraud on his part.

  9. October 11, 2017

    Cuban Ballplayer Smugglers Seek Light Sentences

    Baseball agent Bartolo Hernandez and sports trainer Julio Estrada on Tuesday urged a Florida federal judge to hand down light sentences for their convictions for smuggling Cuban ballplayers into the United States, saying that the government wrongly seeks harsher sentences.

  10. October 05, 2017

    Feds Push For Stiff Sentences In Ballplayer Smuggling Case

    Federal prosecutors on Wednesday urged a Florida federal judge to exceed the guidelines she has selected for sentencing a baseball agent and a sports trainer convicted of smuggling Cuban ballplayers, arguing that they do not match the scope and seriousness of their scheme.

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