U.S. v. ESPINAL-ALMEIDA

Nos. 10-1086, 10-1090, 10-1134, 10-1440.

699 F.3d 588 (2012)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Carlos ESPINAL-ALMEIDA, a/k/a Carlo, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. César Hernández-De La Rosa, a/k/a César Hernández-La Rosa, a/k/a Benino Mariano-Santana, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Jacobo Peguero-Carela, a/k/a Berzano Mercedes, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Saturnino Tatis-Núñez, a/k/a Sotunino Tati, a/k/a Sotunino Núñez, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 14, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

José R. Olmo Rodríguez for appellant Carlos Espinal-Almeida.

Mariángela Tirado-Vales on brief for appellant César Hernández-De la Rosa.

Ignacio Fernández de Lahongrais on brief for appellant Jacobo Peguero-Carela.

Jay Markell for appellant Saturnino Tatis-Núñez.

Carlos R. Cardona-Torres , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Luke Cass , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

An undercover United States Customs Task Force operation involving efforts on land, at sea, and in the air, ended with the arrests of the defendants, Saturnino Tatis-Núñez ("Tatis"), César Hernández-De la Rosa ("Hernández"), Carlos Espinal-Almeida ("Espinal"), and Jacobo Peguero-Carela ("Peguero"). Each was indicted on, and ultimately convicted of, one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and one...

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