I'm late into this, for the time being I'm cube bound; but I also took time to read the link...
Tancred not only needs some support here, but he (she?)'s also right.
I filled an 8.5 by 11 with reasons Senor what's it's name is guilty:
Mostly because he is a lying SOB from the start...The rental, his record, and probably his immigration status (oddly not mentioned).
One court determined his lines to be "consistent" but ignored "stupid", or "unlikely", or "trading on a stereotype", or a dozen other rational responses to the idea of three illiterate (might I suggest illegal?) immigrants pooling $127 grand, to buy a blind truck from a 'friend of a friend' who'd already sold it, who also bought a one way airline ticket (cash?) - but returned by (probably more expensive) rental car that was rented by a third party no one could name, and who traded a small carry on bag full of tin foil wrapped cash (that got through security) for an ice chest full of said cash on the back seat....and alerted a drug sniffing dog that ignored a control sample drawn from several sources(!)
Sorry folks, I oppose forfeiture under many conditions, I especially oppose 'imminent domain' for frivolous purposes:
this clown is guilty, the money is dirty, and I wonder where his body is going to be found after this all cools down.
Why wasn't he charged with anything?
Lovely. So why isn't he in jail?
Of what?
Is it illegal to possess US currency in amounts larger than some set limit? How much cash can one have before it becomes criminal?
I wonder who is going to get the money?
I hear the government has lots of money. I bet it's up to no good.