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U.S. v. $400,000.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY

No. 87-5529 Summary Calendar.

831 F.2d 84 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. $400,000.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, Defendant, Raul GUZMAN-RUIZ, Counter-Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Counter-Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 28, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald P. Guyer, San Antonio, Tex., for counter-plaintiff-appellant.

Helen M. Eversberg, U.S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Mervyn Hamburg, Atty., Crim. Div., Appellate Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for counter-defendant-appellee.

Before REAVLEY, RANDALL and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Raul Guzman-Ruiz appeals the district court judgment which ordered forfeiture of $400,000 in United States currency to the United States of America for failure to declare it upon its entrance to this country from Mexico. We hold that the district court did not err in holding that the government had established probable cause for seizing the money. In addition, the fact that Guzman or his associates may have exchanged pesos for dollars...

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