Legal Opinion
United States v. Hilario-Hilario
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 20, 2008No. 06-1007, 06-1009, 06-1010, 06-1011, 06-1013PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
On December 3, 2004, a forty-foot-long wooden yawl carrying ninety-two aliens from the Dominican Republic capsized off the coast of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, after a thirty-hour journey over rough seas from Cabeza del Toro, a beach in the Dominican Republic. The U.S. Coast Guard and Puerto Rico authorities brought eighty-five of the passengers safely to shore; seven others were confirmed dead at the scene.
Based on identifications made by some of the passengers on the beach, five individuals — Leonardo Hilario-Hilario (“Hilario”), Kennedi Martinez (“Martinez”), Fernando Jose…
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