Opinion ID: 173724
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Drug Transfer

Text: Shortly after Altamirano ended his call to Betancourt, DEA Agent Michael Naylor, one of the agents conducting the surveillance, saw the Jeep turn into a rest area while the minivan continued south on Interstate 91. Naylor watched as the Jeep pulled in between two tractor-trailer trucks and shut its lights off for between thirty seconds and a minute. Immediately thereafter, the Jeep turned its lights back on and left the rest area. At 3:18 a.m., Fernández called Altamirano and told him, I'm ready, to which Altamirano responded, [G]o ahead. I'm driving slowly, pass me by. After this conversation occurred, Naylor and other agents following the Jeep saw the minivan and the Jeep meet and continue together down Interstate 91. In a final call at 3:21 a.m., Verdugo assured Altamirano that [e]verything [was] fine ... it's done.