Jesus Alexandro Sanchez-Armenta, Human Smuggling, Arizona 2024

A Phoenix man has been sentenced to six years in prison for his role in a human smuggling ring.

Jesus Alexandro Sanchez-Armenta, 23, was sentenced to 72 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised released, by United States District Judge Diane J. Humetewa last month.

Sanchez-Armenta pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens for Profit on February 22, 2024.

According to the investigation, Sanchez-Armenta coordinated and/or recruited his co-conspirators, through social media sites, including Snapchat, to pick up undocumented noncitizens in Southern Arizona and to transport them further into the United States for profit.

Sanchez-Armenta provided his co-conspirators with instructions on how and where to pick up the undocumented noncitizens. Either he or another member of the conspiracy would provide the co-conspirators with GPS coordinates for where to pick up the undocumented noncitizens, and then provided them with transportation routes designed to circumvent detection by law enforcement.

The investigation was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations–Casa Grande and Customs and Border Protection’s United States Border Patrol–Tucson Sector.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Stuart Zander, District of Arizona, Phoenix, handled the prosecution.

Sanchez-Armenta's case number is CR-23-0259-PHX-DJH, and the release number is 2024-106_Sanchez-Armenta.

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Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/human-smuggling-coordinator-sentenced-six-years-prison