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U.S. v. BELLAIZAC-HURTADO

Nos. 11-14049, 11-14227, 11-14310 and 11-14311.

700 F.3d 1245 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Yimmi BELLAIZAC-HURTADO, a.k.a. Fausto, a.k.a. El Zarco, a.k.a. El Colorado, Luis Carlos Riascos-Hurtado, Pedro Angulo-Rodallega, a.k.a. Pepito, Albeiro Gonzalez-Valois, a.k.a. Tocayo, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 6, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Colan , Anne Ruth Schultz , Dustin M. Davis , Wifredo A. Ferrer , Kathleen Mary Salyer , U.S. Attys., Miami, FL, Phillip Drew DiRosa , U.S. Atty., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Stewart Glenn Abrams , Michael Caruso , Tracy Michele Dreispul , Fed. Pub. Defenders, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 11-14049.

Orlando do Campo (Court-Appointed), do Campo & Thorton, PA, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 11-14227.

Albert Zachary Levin (Court-Appointed), Albert Z. Levin, PA, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 11-14310.

Philip Robert Horowitz (Court-Appointed), Law Office of Philip R. Horowitz, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 11-14311.

Before BARKETT and PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and BATTEN, District Judge.

PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a novel issue about the scope of congressional power to proscribe conduct abroad: whether the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 70503(a), 70506, exceeds the power of Congress to "define and punish... Offences against the Law of Nations," U.S. Const. Art. I, § 8, cl. 10, as applied to the drug-trafficking activities of Yimmi Bellaizac-Hurtado, Pedro Felipe Angulo-Rodallega, Albeiro Gonzalez-Valois...

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