United States v. Rafael Eduardo Freyre-Lazaro, Orestes Miguel Diaz-Gonzalez, and Eufemio Ruben Llerena-Acosta

HOBBS, Senior District Judge:

Appellants are three defendants who raise an assortment of challenges to their convictions for their roles in a conspiracy to purify contaminated cocaine. Defendants Orestes Miguel Diaz-Gonzalez, Eufemio Ruben Llerena-Acosta, and Rafael Eduardo Freyre-Lazaro were each indicted on four counts and tried together. The jury found all three guilty of Count I, possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2, and Count II, conspiracy to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. The jury convicted…