Mr. Espada said that he had been ready for his legal ordeal to end long before his father was. “Over the course of the last year, obviously we have been at odds, as he wanted to fight this more and I wanted to take responsibility and move forward with my life,” he said.

Younger Espada, Like His Father, Is Sentenced for Theft From Bronx Center

By MOSI SECRET

A judge said that while Pedro Gautier Espada was “somewhat under his father’s thumb,” that did not excuse his stealing federal money from a Bronx health center.