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U.S. v. VENTURA-MELENDEZ

Nos. 02-1140 and 02-1141.

321 F.3d 230 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Hector VENTURA-MELENDEZ, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Angel Ventura-Melendez, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 25, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda A. Backiel for appellants.

Stacy J. Pintar, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, and Sonia I. Torres-Pabon, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

The defendants appeal their convictions for entering a temporarily off-limits military area in the ocean waters adjacent to Camp Garcia, on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1382. Because a lawful regulation barring entry existed and the defendants had actual notice of it, we affirm the convictions.

I. Background

The record reflects that on April 28, 2001, brothers...

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