United States v. Richard Ernest Ramos, United States of America v. Carlos Reyes Mendoza, United States of America v. Gonzalo Hernandez, United States of America v. Deborah Lynn Mendes

51 F.3d 283 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Ernest RAMOS, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos Reyes MENDOZA, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gonzalo HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Deborah Lynn MENDES, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 93-50416, 93-50531, 93-50546 and 93-50559. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 6, 1994. Decided March 2, 1995. IN PART AND VACATED IN PART. Before: SCHROEDER, FLETCHER, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 In these appeals, all of the defendants-appellants were convicted of participating in a major conspiracy to traffic in cocaine between 1988 and 1992. Richard Ramos and Deborah Mendes were also convicted of conspiring to launder funds and to structure financial transactions to avoid reporting…