                 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                      FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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                               No. 97-10380
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                     UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                           Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                   versus

                     MANUEL DE LEON ESCAMILLA,
         also known as MANUEL GUSTAVO DE LEON ESCAMILLA

                                                  Defendant-Appellant.
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              Appeal from the United States District Court
                   for the Northern District of Texas
                           (4:96-CR-156-A-1)
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                            February 6, 1998
Before BARKSDALE, BENAVIDES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges:

PER CURIAM:*

            AFFIRMED. See Local Rule 47.6.




     *
            Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this
opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited
circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
