Convicted car jacker sentenced to 57 months, banned from US for life

Victor Reyes-Ramos, a 33-year-old male from Zamora, Michoacan, Mexico, who was apprehended by Customs and Border Protection Ajo Station U.S. Border Patrol agents in June 2011 near Why, Arizona, was sentenced to 57 months of confinement.

During processing at the Ajo Station, agents using the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System learned Reyes-Ramos was convicted in Los Angeles County, California, in 1994 for carjacking and possession and sale of cocaine. In 1998, Reyes-Ramos was convicted of taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent in Los Angeles County. Record checks also revealed, Reyes-Ramos had a prior conviction for 8 USC 1326(b)(2) Alien Smuggling in 1999 in Phoenix, Ariz.

Following the Border Patrol’s initial processing, the case was submitted to the U.S. Attorney’s office for re-entry of an aggravated felon. Reyes-Ramos will be formally removed from the U.S. following his 57-month incarceration and is now banned for life from any legalization process.