United States v. Alejandro Martinez-Garcia, United States of America v. Luciano Cabrera-Bermea

95 F.3d 1159 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Alejandro MARTINEZ-GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Luciano CABRERA-BERMEA, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-50383, 95-50408. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 3, 1996. Decided Aug. 21, 1996. Before: WIGGINS, THOMPSON, and TROTT, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * OVERVIEW 2 Alejandro Martinez-Garcia ("M-G") and Luciano Cabrera-Bermea ("C-B"), both citizens of Mexico, entered the United States illegally on January 20, 1995, and were apprehended in the Tecate Mountain area near Dulzura, California. M-G and C-B were traveling with five to ten other individuals who ran off when confronted by a Border Patrol agent, leaving M-G and C-B behind with five large duffel bags filled with marijuana. They were convicted of possessing with the intent to distribute over one hundred kilograms of marijuana.…