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U.S. v. VALENCIA-TRUJILLO

No. 07-10524.

573 F.3d 1171 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joaquin Mario VALENCIA-TRUJILLO, a.k.a. El Joven, a.k.a. El Abogado, a.k.a. Oscar Martinez, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 7, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew P. Farmer (Court-Appointed), Farmer & Fitzgerald, P.A., Ronald J. Kurpiers, II, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Judy K. Hunt, Karin B. Hoppmann, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tampa, FL, for U.S.

Before TJOFLAT and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and HOOD, District Judge.

CARNES, Circuit Judge:

"Panama Express" sounds like the name of a train running through Central America, and in a sense it was. It is the code name of a joint operation in which the Coast Guard and a virtual alphabet soup of federal law enforcement agencies (FBI, DEA, ICE, IRS), assisted by state and local agencies, investigated and infiltrated an international drug smuggling and distribution ring in South and Central America. The criminal enterprise was huge, and...

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