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U.S. v. ROJAS

No. 92-5039.

53 F.3d 1212 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Yerco Huerta ROJAS, Edwardo Gomez Verdugo, Manuel Flores-Flores, Fernando Gonzalez Lopez, Manuel Perez Vera, Amillio Heriquez, Carlos Zulaga, Edwardo Marco Diaz, Juan Antonio Orlandi-Steiger, Guillermo Guerrero, Osvaldo Sotgiu, Louis Lorenzo Berrios, John Castillo Tramon, Claudio Perez, Luis Arangena, Hector Herman Vidal-Arancibia, Gillermo Quesada, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 7, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Richard Strafer, Quinon & Strafer, P.A., Miami, FL, for Rojas.

Harry M. Solomon, Miami, FL, for Verdugo, Sotgiu, Tramon.

Benjamin S. Waxman, Robbins, Tunkey, Ross, Amsel & Raben, Miami, FL, for Flores, Lopez, Arangena, Arancibia.

Nathan P. Diamond, P.A., Miami, FL, for Vera, Diaz, Guerrero, Quesada.

Michael J. Rosen, Rosen Law Offices, P.A., Miami, FL, for Henriquez, Berrios, Perez, Orlandi-Steiger.

Roy J. Kahn, Miami, FL, for Zulaga.

Kendall B. Coffey, U.S. Atty., Phillip DiRosa, Dawn Bowen, Linda Collins Hertz, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, FL, for appellee.

Before ANDERSON and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

On January 6, 1992, the United States Coast Guard seized the Panamanian vessel M/V Harbour (the "Harbour") in international waters. Upon boarding the ship, the Coast Guard discovered cocaine concealed underneath zinc concentrate in one of the cargo holds. Appellants, 17 of the Harbour's crew, were convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute, cocaine aboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction...

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