UNITED STATES v. MALDONADO-PEñA

No. 17-1432, No. 17-1551, No. 17-1681, No. 18-1184, No. 18-1496.

4 F.4th 1 (2021)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Idalia MALDONADO-PEÑA, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Juan Rivera-George, a/k/a Tio, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Suanette Ramos-Gonzalez, a/k/a Suei, a/k/a Suanette Gonzalez-Ramos, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Carlos Rivera-Alejandro, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Joel Rivera-Alejandro, a/k/a "J", Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mariángela Tirado-Vales , for appellant Idalia Maldonado-Peña.

José R. Olmo-Rodriguez , for appellant Juan Rivera-George.

Raymond L. Sanchez Maceira , for appellant Suanette Ramos-Gonzalez.

Rachel Brill , for appellant Carlos Rivera-Alejandro.

Rafael F. Castro Lang , for appellant Joel Rivera-Alejandro.

Daniel N. Lerman , United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, with whom W. Stephen Muldrow , United States Attorney, Mariana Bauza , Assistant United States Attorney, Brian A. Benczkowski , Assistant Attorney General, and John P. Cronan , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Lynch, Thompson, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


OVERVIEW

These appeals arise from the drug conspiracy and distribution convictions of five members of a vast drug trafficking organization. Operating primarily out of the Los Claveles Housing Project ("Los Claveles") and the general Villa Margarita Ward area within the Municipality of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico...

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