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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO [Hon. Juan M. P�rez-Gim�nez, U.S. District Judge]

CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge. Defendant F�lix Corpor�n- Cuevas (“Corpor�n”) was convicted upon a plea of guilty of the following two offenses: (count I) conspiring, under 18 U.S.C. � 371, to violate the federal Hostage Taking statute, 18 U.S.C. � 1203, and (count II) aiding and abetting, under 18 U.S.C. � 2, the violation of the federal Hostage Taking statute, 18 U.S.C. � 1203. On appeal he raises four issues which we consider seriatim, after a brief recitation of the relevant facts.

On April 18, 1996, in the District of Puerto Rico, defendant’s alleged co-conspirator F�lix Beras and an unidentified individual abducted thirteen-year old Carlos de la Rosa Berbera who was traveling in a car with his grandmother, Carmen Villar-Cordero. At gun-point, the two kidnapers ordered Mrs. Villar-Cordero out of the car and drove off with her grandson. Two hours later, Mrs. Villar-Cordero received a ransom call, ordering that she produce the child’s parents or money in exchange for her grandson’s freedom. By then, it appears that, in addition to F�lix Beras, defendant Corpor�n and two other co-defendants were holding young Carlos. The FBI succeeded in rescuing the child four days later in Rio Piedras. Both Corpor�n and Beras were on the scene and were arrested.

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