Exclusive: At Canceled Guilty Plea of Man Charged in Shooting of CBP Agent He Says No Evidence - more courtroom details here
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by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
SDNY EXCLUSIVE, Feb 19 – Five days after a shooting in NYC which drew comments from DC and beyond, on July 24, 2025 SDNY prosecutors announced they are “charging MIGUEL FRANCISCO MORA NUNEZ and CHRISTHIAN AYBAR-BERROA in connection with the shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Patrol Officer. The incident occurred on July 19, 2025, at Fort Washington Park. AYBAR-BERROA was arrested today and will be presented tomorrow before Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang.”
Jump cut to February 19, 2026, when Mora Nunez was slated to change his plea to guilty. Inner City Press was there; Mora Nunez was brought on by US Marshals and said he wanted a new lawyer.
Out in the hallway many CBD officers waited. Inside, with no other media present except Inner City Press, Mora Nunez was brought out again to meet his new lawyer. He said, “I haven’t seen any decisive evidence against me yet.”
Out in the hall, when Inner City Press announced the news first orally and now here in writing, several CBP officers expressed disbelief. Inner City Press will continue to follow the case.
[There was nothing in the docket setting up the February 19 proceeding; there is, however, co-defendant Aybar-Berroa’s motion for a hearing and special order under Local Criminal Rule 23.1(h), focused on the Government’s press conference and “highly prejudicial statements.”
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