Shared Items - January 9, 2009

• Ex-Hialeah politico Nilo Juri sentenced to 4 years behind bars (Miami Herald)

January 8, 2009 - Nilo Juri, a frequent Hialeah political candidate and former state lawmaker convicted of using straw donors to boost the campaign funds of friends, was sentenced to four years behind bars Thursday followed by two years of house arrest, then 15 years of probation.
• New date set in lawyer Ben Kuehne's money-laundering trial (Miami Herald)

January 8, 2009 - A federal judge on Thursday delayed the trial of prominent Miami lawyer Ben Kuehne on drug-related money-laundering charges until April 27 because of a major appeal in the controversial case.
• Former Miami cop gets 9 years in drug case (Miami Herald)

January 8, 2009 - A former Miami detective was sentenced Thursday to nine years in federal prison for his role in protecting what he believed were shipments of cocaine and stolen goods.
• U.S. Plans Border ‘Surge’ Against Any Drug Wars (New York Times)

January 8, 2009