Legal Opinion
United States v. Angulo-Hernández
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 5, 2009No. 07-2428, 07-2497, 07-2453, 07-2460PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
Responding to the “serious international problem” of maritime drug smuggling, 46 U.S.C. § 70501, Congress enacted the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (“MDLEA”) in 1980. Congress intended the MDLEA to address this “specific threat to the security and societal well-being of the United States,” id., by providing for the enforcement of our drug laws outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, id. § 70503(b). In particular, the MDLEA expanded the drug enforcement jurisdiction of the United States to include, inter alia, vessels “registered in a foreign nation if…
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