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UNITED STATES v. MONTOYA

No. 21-50129.

48 F.4th 1028 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cynthia Leon MONTOYA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 13, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent D. Young (argued), Law Offices of Kent D. Young, San Diego, California, for Defendant-Appellant.

D. Benjamin Holley (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Daniel E. Zipp , Chief, Appellate Section, Criminal Division; Randy S. Grossman , Acting United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, San Diego, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Concurrence by Judge FORREST.

OPINION

After a short trip to Tijuana, Cynthia Leon Montoya headed back to the United States with her five young children in her minivan. But this was no family vacation or soccer mom jaunt. Montoya had strapped four bricks of cocaine to her back. And her 15-year-old son had packages of methamphetamine taped to him...

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