United States v. Jose Refugio Ramos

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Jose Refugio Ramos appeals his conviction on two counts of unlawfully selling documentary evidence of citizenship in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1427. We affirm.

I

On June 25,1986 Ramos agreed to obtain and sell, for $500, citizenship documents to Thomas Silva, a special agent of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service posing as an illegal alien. After obtaining the birth certificate of Luis Armando Montoya, Jr. from the El Paso County Clerk’s office, Ramos sold this certificate to Silva in exchange for the agreed upon cash payment and told Silva that the…