United States v. Vicente-Arias

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-Appellants José Peña-Santo (“Peña-Santo”), José Ramón Vicente-Arias (“Vicente-Arias”), Jonathan Joel Gil— Martínez (“Gil-Martínez”), and Manuel Liriano de la Cruz (“Liriano”) (collectively “Appellants”) were jointly tried and convicted of conspiring to import cocaine and heroin into the United States, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 960, and 963, and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and heroin on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, in violation of 46 U.S.C. §§ 70503(a)(1), 70504(b)(1), 70506(a).…