United States v. Pedro Fernando Chunza-Plazas

PRATT, Circuit Judge:

BACKGROUND

On March 26, 1993, agents of the Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) and the Immigration and Naturalization Services (“INS”), acting on a tip from the Colombian National Police, went to the Staten Island home of Pedro Fernando Chunza-Plazas, a retired Colombian police officer. Chunza identified himself as Fernando Chunza and allowed the agents to enter his home.

Chunza consented to a search of his home, and the agents found two fraudulent alien-registration cards in the names of Pedro Fernando Chunza and Jose Gonzalez, and two counterfeit social-security cards in the…