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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ruperto Arturo Roldan TORRES, a.k.a. El Loco, a.k.a. Beto, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 06-12037
    Non-Argument Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
    April 16, 2007.
    Marisa Tinkler Mendez, Marisa Tinkler Mendez, P.A., Miami, FL, for Defendant Appellant.
    
      Anne R. Schultz, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Before BLACK, MARCUS and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Ruperto Arturo Roldan Torres appeals his sentence following his plea of guilty to conspiracy to import and attempt to import cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 960(b)(1)(B), 963, and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, id. §§ 841(b)(l)(A)(ii), 846. Torres argues for the first time on appeal that the government breached the plea agreement by recommending an enhancement based on Torres’s role as captain of a go-fast boat. We disagree. The plea agreement states that the government would recommend that “the defendant should not receive an adjustment for role in the offense pursuant to Section 3B1.1 or 3B1.2” of the Guidelines, but the government never recommended an enhancement under either sections 3B1.1 or 3B1.2, and Torres’s sentence was not enhanced under either of these sections. The district court increased Torres’s base offense level under section 2Dl.l(b)(2)(B), which requires a 2-level increase for one who “acted as a pilot, copilot, captain, navigator, flight officer, or any other operation officer aboard any craft or vessel carrying a controlled substance.” Torres admitted that he was captain of the go-fast boat. Torres’s sentence is

AFFIRMED.