A federal judge has set Dec 2, 2026, as the deadline for 24 defendants to file plea or pre-trial motions in the Puerto Rico federal prison drug case. ^[1] The order came from US District Judge Silvia L. Carreño Coll. It fixes a single date for all 24 defendants in the case, which involves drugs inside the federal prison system in Puerto Rico. The lead defendant is Jensen Medina Cardona, who was found guilty of murder in October 2021. ^[2] He faces the case alongside 23 co-defendants. ^[3] The federal case alleges drug trafficking inside Puerto Rico prisons. ^[4] The deadline marks the next point on the calendar for readers following the case. What the defendants file by Dec 2, whether pleas or pre-trial motions, will shape where the case goes from there. ^[5]