Legal Opinion
United States v. Miguel Torres, Jose De La Paz Sanchez, Salome Varela and Jesus Ruiz
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 18, 1999No. 98-1272, 98-1389, 98-1401, 98-3357PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from four kidnapings, one of which resulted in the death of a seventeen-year-old boy who had been abducted, shot and left unattended. All four victims were kidnapped because the kidnappers believed them to owe, or to be related to someone who owed, debts connected with cocaine trafficking.
A jury convicted the defendants, Miguel Torres, Salome Varela, Jesus Ruiz and Jose de la Paz Sanchez of various criminal charges arising from the string of hostage takings. Subsequently, the district court sentenced Torres, Varela and Ruiz to mandatory terms of life…
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