Tag: immigration crime
Rubicel Nunez-Sanchez, Transportation of an Illegal Alien for Profit, Arizona 2026
⏱ 2 min read Over 300 individuals were charged with immigration-related crimes in Phoenix, Arizona between July 18 and July 24, 2026. The charges included illegal re-entry, illegal entry, and smuggling. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona filed 114 cases against aliens who illegally re-entered the United States and 175 cases against…
Braulio Espinoza, Transportation of an Illegal Alien, Arizona 2026
⏱ 2 min read Between July 11 and July 17, 2026, a massive smuggling operation was busted in Arizona, with 279 individuals charged for immigration-related crimes. The operation, which took place in the District of Arizona, targeted those who had illegally entered or re-entered the United States, as well as those responsible for smuggling them.…
Erik Rangel-Martinez, Human Trafficking, Texas 2026
⏱ 2 min read Western Texas is about to get a whole lot hotter for human smugglers and sex offenders. In a massive crackdown, federal prosecutors filed 281 new immigration cases, targeting those who’d bring others in – and those who’d hide out in plain sight. At the center of it all: Encarnacion Lopez-Sanchez, aka…
Lucas Tinoco-Tieres, Reentry of a Removed Alien, Louisiana 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Guatemalan national, Lucas Tinoco-Tieres, 42, was caught reentering the US in St. Tammany Parish on February 18, 2025. He’d previously been deported to Guatemala on February 23, 2007. Why did he come back? Sources close to the case say he was trying to escape violence and poverty. But Tinoco-Tieres’ return…
Marco Antonio Herrera, Assault, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read A Guatemalan citizen with no right to be in the United States allegedly bashed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in a tense standoff in Williamsport, PA. Marco Antonio Herrera, 35, was found by ICE officers on April 1, 2026, and refused to comply with their investigation, resisting arrest and…
John O’Rourke, Illegally Reentering the US, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read A British citizen with a penchant for aliases has been caught trying to sneak back into the US with no legal status, federal authorities say. John O’Rourke, 27, also known as John Casey, was busted reentering the country near the Canadian border in October 2024. The UK native was deported back…
Daniel Aldair Quezada-Quezada, Identity Theft, Louisiana 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 29-year-old Mexican national with a history of deportation and ID theft has been sentenced to time served in a Louisiana federal court. Daniel Aldair Quezada-Quezada, aka Cristobal Flores, was busted by federal agents in December 2024 after claiming employment at Gulf South Services in Gray, LA. Quezada-Quezada used a fake…
Alfredo Covarrubias-Jimenez, Illegally Reentering the United States, Nevada 2023
⏱ 3 min read Las Vegas federal court slammed four repeat offenders with prison sentences this week for the simple fact of being back in the United States after being kicked out – a lot of times. Alfredo Covarrubias-Jimenez, Moises Jeronimo-Martin, Angel David Olivera-Hernandez, and Rigoberto Osorio-Merlo all pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the country,…
Marcos Jimeniz-Gonzalez, Illegal Reentry, Florida 2025
⏱ 3 min read Jacksonville, FL – Marcos Jimeniz-Gonzalez, 45, is headed back to a cell after a federal judge slapped him with 30 months in prison. The Mexican national pled guilty in December 2025 to illegally slipping back into the country after being booted out multiple times. His latest run-in with the law started…
