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TOPEKA, KANSAS -- New charges filed Wednesday accuse a Guatemalan man of using a false identity and lying to federal agents to hide the fact he had unlawfully re-entered the United States after being deported.
Marcos Ramires-Ramires, 19, is charged in a superceding indictment returned Wednesday by a grand jury meeting in Topeka.
In July, Ramires-Ramires was arrested in Wichita and charged with one count of illegal re-entry after deportation. The superceding indictment adds one count of aggravated identity theft and two counts of making false statements when Ramires-Ramires was questioned by agents of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security. The government alleges he identified himself with another person’s name and date of birth and presented a Mexican birth certificate to support the false statements. Ramires-Ramires was the subject of an article Oct. 29, 2006, in the Wichita Eagle headlined, "Border a revolving doorway for authorities, illegal immigrants."
Posted by Richard at November 4, 2006