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U.S. v. GARCIA-ROSA

Nos. 87-1625-87-1627, 87-1857-87-1859.

876 F.2d 209 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Blanca GARCIA-ROSA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Pedro SOTO-ALVAREZ, a/k/a Junior, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Angel RIVERA-FELICIANO, a/k/a Junior Azuquita, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Victor CARRERA-PEREZ, a/k/a Paye, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Eduardo RIVERA-ORTIZ, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jose HEREDIA NIEVES, a/k/a Checo El Perro, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 23, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antonio Bauza Torres, Guaynabo, P.R., by Appointment of the Court, for appellant Blanca Garcia-Rosa.

Harry R. Segarra Arroyo, Hato Rey, P.R., by Appointment of the Court, for appellant Pedro Soto-Alvarez.

Terrance J. McCarthy, by Appointment of the Court, for appellant Angel Rivera-Feliciano.

Jeffrey M. Williams, Santurce, P.R., for appellant Victor Carrera-Perez.

Blas C. Herrero, Jr., Hato Rey, P.R., for appellant Eduardo Rivera-Ortiz.

Jose A. Fuentes Agostini with whom Law Offices of Troncoso & Fuentes Agostini, San Juan, P.R., was on brief for appellant Jose Heredia Nieves.

Mervyn Hamburg, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Daniel F. Lopez-Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Circuit Judge, WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

The appellants dispute their criminal convictions stemming from two shipments of drugs from Colombia to Puerto Rico. The basic facts, viewed in the light most favorable to the government, see United States v. Sturm, 870 F.2d 769, 770 (1st Cir.1989), are as follows.

The First Shipment

Early in 1984, appellant Pedro Soto Alvarez ("Soto") told his friend Jose Panzardi Alvarez...

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