UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                      FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT


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                           No. 98-20137
                         Summary Calendar
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     UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                      Plaintiff-Appellee,

                             versus

     JUAN CARLOS ZULUAGA also known as Mono,
     Also known as Monillo,
                                      Defendant-Appellant.

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      Appeals from the United States District Court for the
                    Southern District of Texas
                      USDC No. H-97-CR-226-4
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                          June 17, 1998

Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Juan Carlos Zuluaga appeals from the district court’s order

affirming the magistrate judge’s pretrial detention order.    The

district court’s decision rests upon the conclusion that Zuluaga

did not rebut the presumption that no condition or combination of


*
     Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
conditions will reasonably assure his presence at trial.    See 18

U.S.C. § 3142(e).   This conclusion is supported by the proceedings

below.   See United States v. Rueben, 

, 586 (5th Cir.

1992).   Accordingly, the district court’s order is AFFIRMED.




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