In the United States Court of Appeals For the Second Circuit ________

AUGUST TERM 2022

ARGUED: NOVEMBER 1, 2022 DECIDED: JULY 6, 2023

No. 21-1711(L), 21-1847(Con)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee,

v.

FRANCIS JOSE AYBAR-PEGUERO, AKA GRENA, Defendant-Appellant. ________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. ________ Before: WALKER, LEE, and NATHAN, Circuit Judges. ________

1 Defendant-Appellant Francis Jose Aybar-Peguero pled guilty to drug trafficking in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and 846 and concealment money launderin