United States v. Valencia-Aguirre

SENTENCING MEMORANDUM

MERRYDAY, District Judge.

Jose Eusebio Valencia-Aguirre returns to district court for re-sentencing after United States v. Valencia-Aguirre, 130 Fed.Appx. 305 (11th Cir.2005).

I

On October 23, 2003, a law enforcement detachment (LEDET) team from the United States Coast Guard, serving aboard the United States Navy frigate Samuel B. Roberts, observed a “fishing vessel” running without navigational lights in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Colombia. Employing standard procedures to establish the “right of approach,” the frigate signaled the unidentified vessel, which ignored…