United States v. Edgar Chaux Trujillo
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:
On June 4, 1982, Appellant Edgar Chaux Trujillo arrived at the Miami International Airport after a flight from Bogota, Colombia. During a customs inspection, a cheese-like substance was found in a plastic bag inside appellant’s baggage. A field test identified the substance as cocaine and Trujillo was arrested and read his Miranda rights. Appellant told the Customs agents that he had brought the cocaine to Miami as a favor for someone in Colombia to whom he owed $5,000. Trujillo agreed to cooperate with the Customs agents by following through with his original…
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