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The United States justice system ordered the immediate release of pioneering Honduran trafficker Juan Ramón Matta Ballesteros, also identified as Juan Ramón Matta López, after granting him a compassionate sentence reduction after spending 36 years in prison.
Judge John A. Kronstadt of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled that the Honduran should be resentenced to the time already served and released without further delay.
"The motion is granted. It is ordered that the defendant be resentenced to time served on all charges and released immediately," states the official order dated May 27, 2025. However, currently he remains in BOP custody according to the inmate locator, his release date has not been updated yet from his life sentence at Springfield MCFP.
El Heraldo also contacted the Honduran's defense attorney in the United States, Mark Windsor, who reconfirmed that "the information is correct."
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The United States justice system ordered the immediate release of pioneering Honduran trafficker Juan Ramón Matta Ballesteros, also identified as Juan Ramón Matta López, after granting him a compassionate sentence reduction after spending 36 years in prison.
Judge John A. Kronstadt of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled that the Honduran should be resentenced to the time already served and released without further delay.
"The motion is granted. It is ordered that the defendant be resentenced to time served on all charges and released immediately," states the official order dated May 27, 2025. However, currently he remains in BOP custody according to the inmate locator, his release date has not been updated yet from his life sentence at Springfield MCFP.
El Heraldo also contacted the Honduran's defense attorney in the United States, Mark Windsor, who reconfirmed that "the information is correct."
