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U.S. v. CALDERON

Nos. 90-6020, 91-5743 and 94-4354.

127 F.3d 1314 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alberto CALDERON, Sigfried Noa a.k.a. "Oro", Pablo Luis Martinez, Jr., a.k.a. "Tatico", Manuel Iglesias, a.k.a. "Albaro Perez", a.k.a. "Manolo", Rene Manuel Gamboa, Jose Abella, a.k.a. "Toto", Juan Vincent Caderno, Luis R. Garcia, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pablo Luis MARTINEZ, Jr., Rene Manuel Gamboa, Alberto Calderon, Jose Abella, Manuel Iglesias, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pablo Luis MARTINEZ, Jr., a.k.a. "Tatico", Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Smith, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Alberto Calderon.

Clayton R. Kaeiser, Miami, FL, for Sigfriedo Noa.

Helen A. Hauser, Law Offices of David P. Dittmar, Coconut Grove, FL, Pamela Perry, Bierman, Shohat, Loewy & Perry, P.A., Miami, FL, for Pablo Martinez.

Nathan Diamond, Miami, FL, for Manuel Iglesias.

Sheryl J. Lowenthal, Coral Gables, FL, for Rene Gamboa.

Lisa Rosenthal, Bergendahl & Rosenthal, P.A., Miami, FL, for Jose Abella and Luis Garcia.

Naphtali Hertz Wacks, Miami Beach, FL, for Juan Caderno.

Dawn Bowen, Asst U.S. Atty., Suzan H. Ponzoli, Kathleen M. Salyer, Miami, FL, for United States.

Before EDMONDSON and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and FOREMAN, Senior District Judge.

FOREMAN, Senior District Judge:

In this consolidated appeal, eight appellants appeal their convictions for various narcotics offenses arising from the importation of more than 1,300 kilograms of cocaine aboard the 38-foot cabin cruiser named What's Up. We affirm.

I. Background

On September 14, 1988, Customs Agent Richard Johnson received a tip that a suspicious vessel named What's Up was being towed into Tortola Marina in Key Largo...

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