Opinion ID: 628518
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Heading: Colmenero

Text: 10 Colmenero's argument is based on the credibility of Zazueta's testimony to the effect that Zazueta had misled Colmenero about the purpose of his activities that day in order to persuade Colmenero to accompany him. We are not, however, in a position to weigh Zazueta's credibility on this point--we must leave such questions to the jury. United States v. Gordon, 844 F.2d 1397, 1405 (9th Cir.1988). 11 The facts as established by the prosecution are that Colmenero accompanied Zazueta to the Chevron station, and drove Zazueta to the motel where Zazueta met with the DEA informant. While Zazueta met with the buyer, Colmenero waited with Ojeda at the gas station and then picked Zazueta and the cocaine up from the motel, escorting Zazueta to the Hilton where the drug transaction was to be consummated. At the Hilton, Zazueta directed Colmenero to go open the car so that he could deliver his errand. Colmenero accompanied Zazueta and the two informants to the car, apparently approached but not opened at that time, and then followed the informant who was posing as the money carrier when he walked away from the car. 12 We find these actions inconsistent with innocence, and believe that a rational jury, taking these facts in the light most favorable to the government, could have found Colmenero to be a participant in the conspiracy.