90-year-old judge Frederic Block still on the bench — and hearing case of druglord who inspired ‘Narcos’

Source: New York Post

A 90-year-old Brooklyn federal judge who’s been on the bench for some of NYC’s most high-profile cases is now presiding over one of the biggest — and possibly most dangerous — of his career.   Judge Frederic Block is hearing the case of Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, so notorious he had a season of the Netflix hit “Narcos” based on his life, and who the White House once called “one of the most evil cartel bosses in the world. ” “It’s probably the number one criminal case in the country,” Block declared during an interview with The Post this week.