United States v. Francisco Adriano Armedo-Sarmiento, AKA Eduardo Sanchez, AKA Pacho El Mono, AKA Elkin, AKA Francisco Velez

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

Between 1971 and 1975, massive amounts of cocaine and marijuana were smuggled from Colombia, South America into the United States, much of it intended for distribution in New York City. In smaller quantities, these drugs entered the country-in such things as false-bottom shoes, suitcases, dog cages, hollowed-out-coat hangers and double-lined undergarments. Larger quantities came in by speedboat and in the false ceilings and walls of ocean-going shipping containers.

On April 30, 1975, following an intensive cooperative investigation by Federal and New York…