United States v. Cedillo-Narvaez, No. 12-41214 (5th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his sentence for his involvement in a plan to kidnap a group of undocumented aliens from an alien smuggling-organization in an attempt to extort monies from the family members of the aliens. The court concluded that the district court did not plainly err in applying the ransom enhancement, the vulnerable victim enhancement, and the minor victim enhancement to defendant's sentence. The court also concluded that defendant's sentence of 180 months of imprisonment was substantively reasonable. Accordingly, the court affirmed the sentence.
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