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U.S. v. RUIZ-HERNANDEZ

No. 17-40577.

890 F.3d 202 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Galdino Jose RUIZ-HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 10, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Howell Alaniz , Carmen Castillo Mitchell , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Edmund Keith Cyganiewicz, Esq. , Law Office of Edmund Cyganiewicz, Brownsville, TX, James Scott Sullivan, Esq. , Law Offices of J. Scott Sullivan, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before DAVIS, JONES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

Galdino Jose Ruiz-Hernandez helped Patricia Cervantes, a Mexican citizen, enter the United States by first taking a boat across the Rio Grande River and then swimming across a ship channel in Brownsville, Texas. While crossing the ship channel, Cervantes was struck by a passing Coast Guard vessel and killed....

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