United States v. Avilés-Colón

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

An indictment alleged that seventeen individuals conspired to distribute heroin, cocaine, and marijuana between December *82000 and March 2003 at three drug points in Coamo, Puerto Rico in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 846. Most of these individuals were also charged with possession of firearms in furtherance of the conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 921(a)(3) and 924(c)(1). All but the three appellants here, Juan Carrión Torres (“Carrión”), José Galiany-Cruz (“Galia-ny”), and Luis Avilés-Colón (“Avilés”), pled guilty to the charges alleged in the indictment. The…