Legal Opinion
United States v. Teodoro Ariza-Ibarra, United States of America v. Alvaro Rodriguez Amador
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 20, 1979No. 78-1125, 78-1229PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Teodoro Ariza-Ibarra, a Colombian, and Alvaro Rodriguez Amador, a Spanish citizen resident in Puerto Rico, were convicted by a jury in the federal district court of Puerto Rico of conspiracy to import 50,000 pounds of marijuana and 25 kilos of cocaine from Colombia into the United States. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 963.
As portrayed by the prosecution, Ariza was a Colombia-based supplier of drugs, while Rodriguez — who dealt in vessels suitable for drug smuggling — was one of his lieutenants. Both defendants were arrest ed in the afternoon of January 31, 1978 at…
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3Cited by44 opinions
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