United States v. Tirado-Tirado

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Ricardo Tirado-Tirado (“Tirado-Tirado”) was convicted of encouraging and inducing Rodrigo Garay-Ramirez (“GarayRamirez”), an alien, to enter the United States with knowledge or reckless disregard of the fact that such entry was unlawful in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A). Tirado-Tirado asserts that the introduction of a videotaped deposition of GarayRamirez at trial violated his rights under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment because the government failed to show that Garay-Ramirez was unavailable for trial and Tirado-Tirado did not have a full and…