United States v. Cecilio Broca-Martinez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge:
Defendant-Appellant Cecilio Broca-Mar-tinez appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress. While on patrol in December 2015, Officer Juan Leal began following Broca-Martinez’s vehicle because it matched a description Homeland Security agents had provided the Laredo Police Department (“LPD”). Officer Leal stopped Broca-Martinez after a computer search indicated the vehicle’s insurance status was “unconfirmed.” The stop led to the discovery that Broca-Martinez was in the country illegally and that he was harboring undocumented immigrants at his…
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