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UNITED STATES v. SQUELLA-AVENDANO

No. 71-1143.

447 F.2d 575 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Oscar SQUELLA-AVENDANO et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 25, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal R. Sonnett, Asst. U. S. Atty., Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., J. V. Eskenazi, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Donald I. Bierman, Miami, Fla., for Oscar Squella-Avendano.

Michael A. Masin, Harry Prebish, Prebish & Masin, P.A., Miami, Fla., for Andres Rodriguez.

Alfred Duran, Angelo Ali, Miami, Fla., for Carlos Rojas.

Donald Frost, Miami, Fla., for Raul DeMaria.

Frank Ragano, Ragano & LaPorte, Miami, Fla., for Marco Osorio.

Theodore Klein (Court-appointed), Fine, Jacobson & Block, Miami, Fla., for Rudolfo Quintanilla.

Albert Carricarte, Miami, Fla., for Jorge Vasquez.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GEWIN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals from an order granting a motion to suppress the use of about 200 pounds of cocaine as evidence.1 We perceive no constitutionally unlawful search and reverse.

Acting on a confidential informant's report that certain individuals intended to smuggle a large shipment of Chilean cocaine into Miami, Florida, federal narcotics agents conducted extensive investigation and surveillance. Their...

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