United States v. Barraza

*801BENTON, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Leobardo B. Barraza of kidnapping Maria Eloiza and her five-year-old son, Jesus (“Alex”) Ramirez, resulting in the deaths of both. 18 U.S.C. §§ 1201(a)(1), 2. The district court1 imposed a life sentence. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a), this court affirms.

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Barraza, then age 16, worked with Eloiza at a store outside Chicago. Barraza and Jose Jesus Hernandez (a.k.a.“Chupacabras”) invited her to travel to Mexico, with Alex, to bring drugs into the United States. Eloiza agreed, but told a niece that she was taking Alex to…