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U.S. v. CORTÉS-CABÁN

Nos. 09-2094, 09-2211, 09-2285, 09-2376, 09-2461.

691 F.3d 1 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Víctor Gerardo CORTÉS-CABÁN, Pascual Santiago-Méndez, Luis Enrique Ruperto-Torres, Anthony Domínguez-Colón, and Víctor Gerardo Cortés-Cabán, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 10, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramón García-García , for appellant Cortés-Cabán.

Ernesto Hernández-Milán , for appellant Santiago-Méndez.

Nicolás Nogueras-Cartagena , for appellant Ruperto-Torres.

Lydia Lizarríbar-Masini , for appellant Domínguez-Colón.

Scott H. Anderson , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Velez , United States Attorney, Julia M. Meconiates , Assistant United States Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, were on brief for appellee.

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

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, opinion of the court except as to Part II.B, Part II.C.1, and Part II.C.2; Dissenting in Part II.B, Part II.C.1, and Part II.C.2.1

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