U.S. v. ALL FUNDS ON DEPOSIT AT SUN SECURED ADVAN.

No. 16-41164.

864 F.3d 374 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. ALL FUNDS ON DEPOSIT AT SUN SECURED ADVANTAGE, ACCOUNT NUMBER *XXXX, Held at the Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Limited in Bermuda, Defendant. Erick Silva Santos, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED July 19, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Ellen Smyth , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Laredo, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jane Webre , Santosh Shankaran Aravind , William Gray Cochran , Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P., Austin, TX, Benigno Trey Martinez, III , Law Office of Benigno (Trey) Martinez, P.L.L.C., Brownsville, TX, for Claimant-Appellant.

Before JOLLY, SMITH, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


Erick Silva Santos ("Silva"), a Mexican citizen, faces a federal indictment charging money laundering and fraud that he allegedly committed in connection with his tenure as mayor of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Silva had various assets in the United States and Mexico. After his federal indictment, he took flight...

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