United States v. Fernandez-Ventura

JOHN R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Once again the appeal of the United States in the case of Amado Fernández-Ventura and Milagros Cedeño is before us. Fernández-Ventura and Cedeño were indicted for failing to declare currency in excess of $10,-000 brought into the United States, 31 U.S.C. §§ 5316 and 5322 (1994), and for making false statements in a matter within the jurisdiction of the United States Customs Service, 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (1994). Their .motions to suppress statements they had made to the Customs officers at San Juan’s international airport were granted on the ground that they…