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U.S. v. RODRÍGUEZ-TORRES

Nos. 16-1507, 16-1527 16-1596 16-1984 17-1660.

939 F.3d 16 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Victor M. RODRÍGUEZ-TORRES, a/k/a Cuca; Tarsis Guillermo Sánchez-Mora, a/k/a Guillo; Reinaldo Rodríguez-Martínez, a/k/a Pitbull; Pedro Vigio-Aponte, a/k/a Pedrito and He Man; Carlos M. Guerrero-Castro, a/k/a Carlitos el Negro, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

September 18, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lydia Lizarríbar-Masini , San Juan, PR, for appellant Víctor M. Rodríguez-Torres.

Theodore M. Lothstein , Concord, NH, with whom Lothstein Guerriero, PLLC, was on brief, for appellant Tarsis Guillermo Sánchez-Mora.

Vivian Shevitz , white Plains, NY, for appellant Reinaldo Rodríguez-Martínez.

Jamesa J. Drake , with whom Drake Law, LLC, was on brief, for appellant Pedro Vigio-Aponte.

Raúl S. Mariani-Franco , San Juan, PR, on brief for appellant Carlos M. Guerrero-Castro.

Stratton C. Strand , Attorney, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, U.S. Department of Justice, with whom Brian A. Benczkowski , Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew S. Miner , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Alberto R. López-Rocafort , Assistant United States Attorney, and Victor O. Acevedo-Hernández , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Torruella, Thompson, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.

PREFACE

La Rompe ONU (just "La Rompe" from now on) was one of the largest and most violent of Puerto Rico's street gangs. Another was La ONU. Deadly rivals, each wreaked much havoc on Puerto Rico through serial drug sales, violent robberies and carjackings, and ghastly killing sprees.

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