United States v. Ramiro Ramos

This is the second time this case has been before this Court. In the first appeal, this Court vacated two of the four convictions of defendants Ramiro Ramos and Juan Ramos and vacated their 147-month sentences. On remand, the district court sentenced both defendants to 60 months’ imprisonment on count 1 and 120 months’ imprisonment on count 4. In this appeal, the defendants challenge their new sentences. After review, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Trial Evidence

The defendants are brothers who used threats to prevent migrant workers from leaving their employment, housed the migrant workers in…