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U.S. v. MONTANO-SILVA

No. 93-2268 Summary Calendar.

15 F.3d 52 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Ignacio MONTANO-SILVA, a/k/a Waldemar John Lugo, etc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 9, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent A. Schaffer, Houston, TX, for defendant-appellant.

Paula C. Offenhauser, Peggy M. Ronca, Asst. U.S. Attys., Lawrence D. Finder, U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, JOLLY and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Jose Ignacio Montano-Silva applied for a passport under the name of Waldemar John Lugo. The authorities discovered that he was not Lugo and arrested him, recovering a firearm during a search of his residence. At this point Montano-Silva identified himself as Primitivo Castro, a Venezuelan national, an identity he asserted throughout two detention hearings. It was only after an extensive investigation that the government discovered Montano-Silva's real...

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