Opinion ID: 3063986
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Heading: Lizarraga-Caceres

Text: Lizzaraga-Caceres was sentenced to 188 months’ imprisonment. On appeal, he contends that the district court erred in denying him a mitigating-role reduction, as he was nothing more than a “mule” here, and the court should have considered that he: (1) was not going to receive any of the proceeds from the drugs; (2) did not own or package the drugs: and (3) did not plan the trip or book the vessel. Because the record demonstrates that Lizarraga-Caceres’s role in the offense was identical to his relevant conduct, and he failed to show that he was less culpable than the other crew members in the relevant conduct of transporting 18 cocaine, we conclude that the district court did not clearly err by finding that he did not qualify for a mitigating-role reduction. Accordingly, we affirm his sentence. For the above-stated reasons, we affirm Valdez-Gonzalez’s conviction and all of the defendants’ sentences. AFFIRMED. 19