Opinion ID: 866145
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Heading: Arrest and Sentencing

Text: Díaz-Arias was arrested on October 22, 2004, in Lowell, Massachusetts, while using the name of Carlos Santiago. He was also known to use other aliases, such as Junio Humberto Santana Ortiz, Raphael Ortiz Santino, Guillermo Sánchez and José Nieves. Díaz-Arias was subsequently released on bail, but became a fugitive when he was indicted on the federal drug charge. On June 11, 2009, he was arrested in Lynn, Massachusetts. At that time, the officers found Díaz-Arias to be in possession of a Dominican passport in the name of Rafael Bienvenido Reynoso 5 Fresa also testified at trial and identified Díaz-Arias as the father of two of her three daughters. She stated that she knew Hernández, that she was supposed to go out with him on the day he was arrested, and that after learning of his arrest, she called the Andover police station to complain about people commenting that she was the informant who helped them apprehend Hernández. Fresa further testified that, later on, she asked Hipólito to beat up Hernández in retribution for Hernández accusing her of being the snitch. When Hipólito refused, Fresa took out a restraining order against him. -10- Hernández and a Social Security Card in the name of Rafael Matos Bruno. The jury found Díaz-Arias guilty of participating in the charged conspiracy. At sentencing, the district court found, by a preponderance of the evidence, that he was responsible for at least five kilograms of cocaine and therefore subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years. 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(a)(ii) (2006). The court determined that the applicable guideline range for Díaz-Arias, taking into account an offense level of 32 and a criminal history category of III, was 151 to 188 months. The court nevertheless varied downward to reflect the culpability of DíazArias in comparison to the other defendants in the case and sentenced Díaz-Arias to 120 months' imprisonment to be followed by five years of supervised release. This timely appeal followed.