U.S. v. RIVERA-CARRASQUILLO

No. 14-1582 14-1631 14-1715 17-1317 17-1729.

933 F.3d 33 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Luis D. RIVERA-CARRASQUILLO, a/k/a Danny KX, a/k/a Danny Vorki; Edwin Bernard Astacio-Espino, a/k/a Bernard, a/k/a Bernal; Ramón Lanza-Vázquez, a/k/a Ramoncito, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 2, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Goldberger , Ardmore, PA, for the consolidated appellants and on brief, with Pamela A. Wilk , for appellant Luis D. Rivera-Carrasquillo.

Inga L. Parsons for the consolidated appellants and on brief for appellant Ramón Lanza-Vázquez.

Mariem J. Paez , Miami, FL, on brief for appellant Edwin Bernard Astacio-Espino.

Victor O. Acevedo-Hernández , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Francisco A. Besosa-Martínez , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Thompson and Barron, Circuit Judges.


Overview

For many years, a vicious gang called "La ONU" committed unspeakably brutal crimes in Puerto Rico, raking in millions of dollars from drug sales and killing anyone (and we mean anyone) in its way — police officers, defectors, rivals in the "La Rompe ONU" gang, you name it.

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