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U.S. v. POSADA-RIOS

No. 94-20645.

158 F.3d 832 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Esnoraldo De Jesus POSADA-RIOS, Carlos Antonio Mena, Elisa Grajales Murga, Carmenza Guzman Varon, Raul Gamboa, Luis Gerardo Rios-Castano, Manuel De Jesus Parada, Anthony Jerome Gage, Kelvin Jackquet, Mona Smith Watson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 21, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Camille Offenhauser, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, Charles Edwin Lewis, Brownsville, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Ralph R. Martinez, Houston, TX, for Posada-Rios.

Constance Yvonne Singleton, Houston, TX, for Carlos Antonio Mena.

Paul LeRoy Crist, Meyer, Orlando & Evans, Houston, TX, for Elisa Grajales Murga.

Lourdes Rodriguez, Houston, TX, for Carmenza Guzman Varon.

Steven Jeffrey Lieberman, Houston, TX, for Raul Gamboa.

Frank Aguilar, The Law Office of Frank Aguilar, Houston, TX, for Luis Gerado Rios-Castano.

Gregory Charles Gladden, Houston, TX, for Manuel De Jesus Parada.

David Richard Bires, Bires & Schaffer, Houston, TX, for Anthony Jerome Gage.

Robert D. Adams, Houston, TX, for Kelvin Jackquet.

Mike J. DeGeurin, Foreman, DeGeurin & Nugent, Houston, TX, for Mona Smith Watson.

Before KING and STEWART, Circuit Judges, and LAKE, District Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.  FACTUAL BACKGROUND ....................................................................................... 841
    A. Samuel Posada-Rios Organizes "La Compania" ............................................................ 841
    B. Threats from Rival Drug Dealers and Retaliation by La Compania ........................................ 843
    C. Samuel Posada-Rios Operates La Compania from Colombia .....................................

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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