United States v. Roger Anchundia-Espinoza

EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

Roger Alfredo Anchundia-Espinoza pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess, with the intent to distribute, cocaine while aboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, in violation of 46 U.S.C. §§ 70503 (a)(1), 70506(a) & (b) and 21 U.S.C. § 960 . The district court denied Anchundia-Espinoza's requests for safety-valve and minor participant reductions. Anchundia-Espinoza appeals those denials. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM.

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Roger Alfredo Anchundia-Espinoza, a citizen of Ecuador, and three others were contracted by an unknown…