U.S. v. PAZ-ALVAREZ

Nos. 13-2098, 13-2101.

799 F.3d 12 (2015)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Angel PAZ-ALVAREZ and Luis Marrero-Marrero, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 21, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Rivera Esteves , for appellant Paz-Alvarez.

Javier A. Morales-Ramos , for appellant Marrero-Marrero.

Juan Carlos Reyes-Ramos , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, SOUTER, Associate Justice, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


Appellants Angel Paz-Alvarez ("Paz") and Luis Marrero-Marrero ("Marrero") were convicted for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy. Together, they built sophisticated secret compartments ("clavos") in boats designed to smuggle hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into the United States. They argue that their convictions...

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