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VELEZ-DIAZ v. VEGA-IRIZARRY

No. 04-1773.

421 F.3d 71 (2005)

Antonio VÉLEZ-DÍAZ; Santa García Hernández; Conjugal Partnership Vélez-García; Yahaira Fajardo-Correa; Antonecha Vélez-Fajardo, a minor, Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Amado VEGA-IRIZARRY; Miguel A. Marrero; Jane Erickson; Víctor M. López; Teodoro Lebrón, et al., Defendants, Appellants, United States of America, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 2, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony A. Yang, with whom Barbara L. Herwig, Attorneys, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and H.S. García, United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellant.

Frank D. Inserni-Milam, with whom Luis R. Mellado-González, was on brief, for appellees.

Before TORRUELLA, SELYA, and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the tragic death of Antonio Vélez-García ("Vélez"), an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") cooperating witness, who was murdered by a gang member while assisting the FBI in a criminal investigation into Puerto Rico gang-related drug trafficking involving the use of firearms.

Vélez's parents, Antonio Vélez-Díaz and Santa García-Hernández, his widow, Yahaira Fajardo...

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