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U.S. v. VALDEZ-SANTANA

Nos. 00-2138, 00-2139, 00-2140.

279 F.3d 143 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Leonel VALDEZ-SANTANA, Roberto Ruiz-Rijo, Juan Jiménez-De La Rosa, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 12, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anita Hill-Adames, for appellant Valdez-Santana.

María H. Sandoval, with whom Rafael F. Castro-Lang, were on brief, for appellants Ruiz-Rijo and Jiménez-de la Rosa.

Michelle Morales, Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Chief, Criminal Division, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-appellants Leonel Valdez-Santana, Roberto Ruiz-Rijo and Juan Jiménez-de la Rosa appeal from their unconditional guilty pleas of attempting to import approximately 400 kilograms of cocaine into the United States. All appellants dispute the authority of United States Customs agents to board appellants' boat, search it, and arrest them. The district court found that the agents had authority under 19 U.S.C. § 1401(k)(1) because...

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