U.S. v. MURILLO

No. 15-4235.

826 F.3d 152 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edgar Javier Bello MURILLO, a/k/a Payaso, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John Cady Kiyonaga , Law Office of John C. Kiyonaga, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Ross Brandon Goldman , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Stacey K. Luck , Human Rights & Special Prosecutions Section, Leslie R. Caldwell , Assistant Attorney General, Sung-Hee Suh , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Dana J. Boente , United States Attorney, Richard Cooke , Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge King wrote the opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer and Judge Duncan joined.


Defendant Edgar Javier Bello Murillo appeals his convictions in the Eastern District of Virginia arising from the murder in South America of Special Agent James Terry Watson of the Drug Enforcement Administration (the "DEA"). At the time of his death, Agent Watson — as an Assistant Attaché for the United States Mission...

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