U.S. v. TORRES-LARANEGA

No. 05-2302.

476 F.3d 1148 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge TORRES-LARANEGA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 21, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott M. Davidson, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendant-Appellant.

Kenneth J. Gonzales, Assistant United States Attorney (David C. Iglesias, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before BRISCOE, McCONNELL, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judges.


GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.

Jorge Torres-Laranega was the leader of a rather brazen drug-trafficking ring that transported multi-ton quantities of marijuana in tractor trailers from the southwestern United States to the Chicago area. Despite four government seizures of Mr. Torres-Laranega's tractor trailers in a four month period (the result of a federal informant working within his operation), Mr. Torres-Laranega was actively planning yet another drug shipment when the...

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