AZMEX UPDATE 27 AUG 2019
CBP Officers seize $592K of Cocaine at San Luis Port of Entry
By: Sumiko Keil
Posted: Aug 26, 2019 04:36 PM MST
Updated: Aug 26, 2019 04:38 PM MST
https://www.kyma.com/news/cbp-officers-seize-592k-of-cocaine-at-san-luis-port-of-entry/1113587585
CBP officers at the Port of San Luis seized 44 pounds of cocaine that was hidden inside of the dashboard of a smuggling vehicle.
SAN LUIS, Ariz. - A Mexican national allegedly attempted to smuggle almost 44 pounds of cocaine through the Port of San Luis Thursday,
according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
CBP said Thursday afternoon, officers referred a 32-year-old San Luis, Sonora, Mexico, man
for additional inspection of his Dodge van as he attempted to enter the U.S. through the port.
According to officers, a canine alerted to a scent from the dashboard where officers removed 18 packages of cocaine from the location.
The cocaine weighed nearly 44 pounds, with an estimated value of $592,000.
Officers seized the drugs and vehicle, while the subject was arrested and then turned over to
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.
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Several Arizona residents in prison
By: Crystal Jimenez
Posted: Aug 26, 2019 05:44 PM MST
Updated: Aug 26, 2019 05:44 PM MST
https://www.kyma.com/news/several-arizona-residents-in-prison/1113602197
PHOENIX, Ariz. - Several Arizona residents were sentenced to prison for using the dark web to distribute drugs throughout the United States.
Between 2015 and 2017 U.S. Attorneys said four defendants used the vendor name "Iceman21"
to advertise and sell heroin, meth, and cocaine. T
hese defendants were Kevin Dean McCoy, 28 of Tucson, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison,
Silvester Ruelas, 50 of Peoria, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison,
and Amber Worrell who was sentenced 10 years of prison,
and Peggy Gomez who was sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Different dark web marketplaces were used such as AlphaBay, Hansa, and Dream Market.
Upon investigation, it was revealed that the defendants used the U.S. Postal Service
to ship the drugs from Phoenix to different locations across The United States.
The United States Postal Inspection Service seized parcels with drugs that were going to
Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada,
New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
Attorneys said the defendants were said to use encrypted technology, sold crypto currency through peer to peer exchangers,
and created bank accounts for non-existent businesses in order to conceal and launder proceeds from their drug distributions.
During the investigation, law enforcement said they seized a Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl XL ring,
gold, silver, and platinum bars, and firearms.
"Our office is committed to working closely with our agency partners to aggressively investigate and prosecute drug traffickers,"
said U.S. Attorney Michael Bailey. "Hiding behind computer keyboards and
using our mail system to move their drugs will not shield them from lengthy prison sentences."
The investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations,
Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigations,
and the United States Postal Inspection Service, with assistance
from Scottsdale, Mesa, and Peoria Police Departments.
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And then this one; did not make this up.
Photos, video at link.
Transgender woman taken into ICE custody after arrest on Phoenix light rail platform
Max Gorden
Posted 5 hrs ago
https://www.azfamily.com/news/transgender-woman-taken-into-ice-custody-after-arrest-on-phoenix/article_132e3e94-c85b-11e9-a113-a3a750e575c6.html
Activists say she was arrested for simply trying to get a drink of water at the light rail.
Police say her arrest stems from an outstanding warrant and they're just following protocol.
Now, her mother fears she will be deported.
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Activists are calling for the release of a transgender woman after she was arrested
on July 5 at a Phoenix light rail platform and later taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.
Stephanie Figgins, a spokeswoman for the group Trans Queer Pueblo, says Javier "Naomi" Ramirez Rosales
was on the platform just to grab a drink of water from a fountain.
[WATCH: Transgender woman in ICE custody after arrested at Phoenix light rail]
"We live in one of the hottest cities in the world. Do we really want to live in a Phoenix
where getting a drink of water can land you in jail?" Figgins asked.
But surveillance footage from the platform near the intersection of McDowell Road and Central Avenue tells a different story.
In the footage, Ramirez Rosales and an unidentified person are shown walking onto the area of the platform reserved for people who've paid their fare.
Both can be seen holding containers, and neither of them stop for a drink of water.
According to Phoenix police, the two were contacted by a police assistant who thought the two were drinking out of open alcohol containers.
Police say that on closer inspection the police assistant found the two were just drinking out of Arizona Ice Tea cans.
However, they'd both walked into the fare zone without valid fares, so the police assistant ran a records check on the two.
He discovered Ramirez Rosales had an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court on two counts of assault.
Ramirez Rosales was arrested by a Phoenix Police officer and booked into Maricopa County Jail for the warrant.
According to Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, which runs Maricopa County Jail, ICE interviews every detainee at intake.
MCSO confirmed Ramirez Rosales was taken into ICE custody before leaving the jail.
"I'm afraid that I won't see her again," said Maria Teresa, Ramirez Rosales' mother.
Trans Queer Pueblo says the undocumented transgender woman is now in an all-male ICE detention facility in Eloy.
Naomi's mother said she worries for her transgender daughter's safety.
"And I'm afraid of what might happen to her if she gets sent to Mexico," Teresa said. "Because of who she is."
Yasmeen Pitts O'Keefe with ICE sent Arizona's Family the following statement:
"On July 6, ICE took custody of Francisco Javier Ramirez-Perez, a.k.a., Naomi Rosales-Ramirez, an illegal alien from Mexico,
pursuant to a detainer lodged with the Maricopa County Jail (MCJ) on July 5. Previously, Ramirez-Pérez was repatriated to Mexico in 2005.
Ramirez-Perez will remain in ICE custody pending a decision by an immigration judge with the Executive Office for Immigration Review."
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