Legal Opinion
Sanchez v. United States
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided November 20, 1991No. Civ. 91-1439 (JAF)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FUSTE, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Jesús M. Sánchez, Carmelo Dávila, and René Feliciano commenced this action seeking replevin of certain United States Currency which was the subject of a prior forfeiture proceeding pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6). See United States of America v. Approximately Forty Three Million Dollars in U.S. Currency, etc., Civil No. 90-1652(GG) (D.P.R. Aug. 6, 1990). Plaintiffs’ claim is that the currency, allegedly discovered by them in barrels buried on land owned by indicted narcotics trafficker Ramón Torres González, 1 represents hidden treasure and…
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