A Phoenix-area man was sentenced to six years in prison last month after pleading guilty to conspiracy to transport people into the United States for profit. Jesus Alexandro Sanchez-Armenta, 23, was sentenced to 72 months…
The nephew of one of Mexico’s notorious drug bosses was extradited to the U.S. on smuggling charges and faced his initial appearance in a Tucson federal court on Tuesday, officials said. Rodrigo Paez-Quintero faces 10…
A smuggling guide who abandoned a Mexican woman in the mountains near Fort Huachuca in 2021, where she died from exposure, was sentenced to 10 years in prison this week. Jesus Ernesto Dessens-Romero, 28, a…
Two Phoenix-area men face federal charges after investigators alleged they produced fake IDs, including social security cards and permanent residency documents, officials said Thursday. Jonathan De La Riva-Lorenzo, 46, and Fernando Minkes-Rodriguez, 48, were indicted…
A 22-year-old Tucson man faces multiple federal charges after police officers found cocaine, weapons modified for fully automatic fire, and silencers in his vehicle, officials said Friday. On June 5, a federal grand jury indicted…
A Honduran woman charged with operating as a “high-level” coordinator was sentenced to 10 years in prison for smuggling over 100 migrants from Honduras to the U.S. making millions of dollars in the process, federal…