U.S. v. HACHA

No. 12-2142.

727 F.3d 815 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan HACHA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 23, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennie Levin , Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Johanna M. Christiansen , Jonathan E. Hawley , Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Juan Hacha, Milan, MI, pro se.

Before POSNER, MANION, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Juan Hacha and his wife, Ixchel Solano, extorted money from Solano's "friend" and former boyfriend, Juan Carlos Tenorio. Hacha told Tenorio that he had kidnapped Solano and her children and would harm them (along with Tenorio and Tenorio's parents) unless Tenorio coughed up thousands of dollars in ransom. After paying Hacha nearly $55,000, Tenorio contacted the FBI, which arrested Hacha after recording...

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