Legal Opinion
United States v. Francisco Colorado Cessa
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 7, 2015No. 13-50849, 13-51003PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a money-launder-ing-eonspiraey trial. The Los Zetas drug cartel entered the U.S. quarter-horse racing business. Los Zetas used their horse-racing operations to launder money. Four Defendants-Appellants involved in the horse-racing operations were convicted of conspiring to launder money in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h). They appeal, each challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, the jury instructions, and their sentences, among other claims of error. For 'the reasons stated below, we reverse the conviction of horse trainer…
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