United States v. Tchibassa, Artur

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.

KAREN LeRAFT HENDERSON, Circuit Judge.

Artur Tchibassa, a former member of the Angolan “Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda” (FLEC), appeals his conviction stemming from his participation in the 1990 hostage-taking for ransom of Brent Swan, a United States citizen then working in Cabinda, Angola. Tchi-bassa appeals his conviction on the grounds that the government violated his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial by waiting until 2002, some eleven years after he was indicted, to arrest and prosecute him and that the court…