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U.S. v. CHAPARRO-ALCANTARA

Nos. 99-2721, 99-2874.

226 F.3d 616 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan CHAPARRO-ALCANTARA and Jaime Romero-Bautista, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 21, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frances C. Hulin, Estaban F. Sanchez (argued), Office of the U.S. Attorney, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Thomas W. Patton, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Springfield, IL, George F. Taseff (argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Chaparro-Alcantara.

Eric M. Schwing (argued), Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Romero-Bautista.

Before WOOD, JR., RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Juan Chaparro-Alcantara and Jaime Romero-Bautista are Mexican nationals who were arrested for transporting illegal aliens. After their arrest, an INS agent informed them of their Miranda rights, but the agent did not inform them of their right under Article 36 of the Vienna Convention ("Article 36") to contact the Mexican Consulate. The two then made inculpatory statements to the officers interviewing them. Both defendants sought to suppress...

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