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U.S. v. ACOSTA VALDEZ

No. CRIM. 98-105(PG).

84 F.Supp.2d 237 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Alejandro ACOSTA VALDEZ, Luis Cava Pichardo, and Meraldo Polanco, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

August 26, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Antonio R. Bazán, San Juan, PR, for Plaintiff.

Rafael F. Castro-Lang, Irma R. Valdejulli-Pérez, Fernando J. Carlo-Gorbea, Joseph C. Laws, Federal Public Defender, Marlene Aponte-Cabrera, Siena Morena, Las Cumbres, San Juan, PR, for Defendants.

OPINION & ORDER

PEREZ-GIMENEZ, District Judge.

Today the Court revisits for the third time defendants' motion to suppress the evidence seized at their yawl on May 4, 1998. At issue is whether the Customs officers' failed to comply with the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (hereinafter referred to as "MDLEA"), 46 U.S.C.App. § 1903. As stated in this Court's opinion and order of May 20, 1999, since defendants' vessel was not a "vessel of the...

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