Legal Opinion
United States v. Serrano-Beauvaix
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 4, 2005No. 02-2286, 02-2682PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Jose Serrano-Beauvaix and Mahmud Juma-Pineda were participants in a large conspiracy which transported drugs under the protection of corrupt police officers in the Puerto Rico Police Department. The conspiracy is described in United States v. Flecha-Maldonado, 373 F.3d 170, 172-74 (1st Cir.2004), upholding the conviction of one of Serrano’s and Juma’s co-conspirators.
In brief,. Serrano, a former police officer who had been expelled from the force, helped to recruit Juma, a police officer at the time, to provide armed escort for a shipment of ten kilograms of cocaine in…
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