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Before Lynch, Chief Judge, Gajarsa *fn1 and Lipez, Circuit Judges.

Ismael Alfonzo-Reyes (*Alfonzo*) and Vanessa Morales-Hern*ndez (*Morales*) (collectively *appellants*) appeal judgments of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The judgments found appellants guilty of defrauding the Farm Service Agency (*FSA*) of emergency loans and incentives to qualified farmers following the damage inflicted on the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico by Hurricane Georges. Following an 82-day jury trial, appellants were convicted of fraud and bribery relating to various FSA loan applications. Appellants timely appealed their convictions. For the reasons stated below, the judgments are affirmed.

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