AZMEX UPDATE 14 NOV 2013
Federal immigration prosecutions plummet in Arizona
By KTAR.com
Originally published: Nov 14, 2013 - 11:34 am
http://ktar.com/22/1677346/Feds-immigration-prosecutions-fall-in-AZ
PHOENIX -- A report from a data-research group released Thursday showed that immigration prosecutions by the federal government has fallen by almost 22 percent in Arizona.
Arizona, which led in the prosecutions related to border crossings, last year, dropped to third, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University. The Justice Department prosecuted 21,163 in the state.
Crimes included re-entry by deported aliens, fraudulent documents and harboring certain aliens.
According to the report, prosecution numbers increased in New Mexico by 46 percent. The statistics are based on the 94 judicial districts in the country for the fiscal year that ended Oct. 1.
California, Florida and Texas have multiple districts.
The clearinghouse tracks federal government enforcement, spending and staffing.
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Border agents near Tucson find 3 Chinese nationals in car trunk
Photo courtesy of Customs and Border Protection
Three Chinese nationals were found being transported in the trunk of a car at a Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 19 south of Tucson. The driver of the car, a U.S. resident, was also arrested.
4 hours ago • Arizona Daily Star
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/border/border-agents-near-tucson-find-chinese-nationals-in-car-trunk/article_c2a879ac-ba3d-5fbb-a6b6-c5a6bbe9a349.html
Border Patrol agents arrested three Chinese nationals hidden in the trunk of a car at a checkpoint south of Tucson, officials said.
On Friday, agents using a dog and an X-ray scanner determined that three people were being transported in the trunk of a Nissan Altima passing though the Interstate 19 checkpoint. The car was being driven by a U.S. resident, according to a news release from Customs and Border Protection.
The driver was arrested and the three Chinese nationals were processed to be returned to their home country.
In a separate incident, agents arrested a U.S. resident after about 82 pounds of marijuana was found in a Plymouth van at a checkpoint on Arizona 80 near Tombstone. The marijuana had a value of about $41,000.
The driver was arrested and the van and drugs were seized, the news release said.
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$93,000 worth of pot found in van at Douglas crossing
Officers at the Douglas port of entry seized 187 pounds of marijuana found hidden in a Ford van.
30 minutes ago •
By James Martinez
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/worth-of-pot-found-in-van-at-douglas-crossing/article_68e715f0-732f-565b-8df7-fc8f2390d179.html
Officers at the Douglas port of entry seized 187 pounds of marijuana found hidden in a Ford van occupied by two female Mexican nationals Wednesday.
Customs and Border Protection officers removed 149 packages of marijuana from throughout the interior of the vehicle, according to a news release from the agency.
The drugs, worth an estimated $93,000, and vehicle were seized.
The two women's visas were cancelled and they were were turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations.
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