United States v. Pablo Marcano-Garcia, and Nydia Cuevas-Rivera

COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Appellants in this case, Pablo MarcanoGarcia and Nydia Cuevas-Rivera, claiming infringement on the full spectrum of rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, seek reversal of their convictions in the district court for the District of Puerto Rico for kidnapping and assaulting a foreign official and making extortionate demands in connection with those acts.

On the afternoon of June 3, 1978, appellants entered the Chilean Consulate in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and presented themselves to the Honorary Consul, Ramon Gonzalez Ruiz, as interested in business possibilities in Chile.…