Opinion ID: 2709082
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Heading: Gonzalez’s Interview

Text: After his arrest, Gonzalez was questioned by agents. He gave a two-and-one-half hour statement to agents, which was played for the jury. During the interview, Gonzalez admitted that he helped to unload the super sacks and to construct cardboard boxes, but denied knowing what was inside the super sacks or why the cardboard boxes were being assembled. He admitted to becoming suspicious and stated that he asked Quintero what the super sacks contained. He asked, “Is it yay,1 it could be yay, or [] weed?” Quintero responded, “No I don’t know dog, I don’t, I really don’t know I seriously don’t know.” Gonzalez then replied, “Alright cool man I guess.” Though Gonzalez may not have definitively known that there were illegal drugs in the super sacks, he admitted that his “gut” told him it was probably cocaine. He stated in his interview with agents, “[w]ell to me, like how I was thinking, damn that’s probably drugs, probably … because it came from 1 “Yay” is a slang term for cocaine. 6 No. 13-1832 Mexico … . I know there was shit in there.” Because he was suspicious, he looked inside several of the sacks. He removed three black garbage bags from one of the super sacks, but found no marijuana or illegal drugs inside. He did, however, admit that he saw several bricks lying on the floor of the warehouse and thought they were cocaine.