AZMEX UPDATE 20-4-19

AZMEX UPDATE 20 APR 2019

Note: No info on immigration status if any. Would not be reported anyway. No weapons?


AG: Alleged drug trafficker caught with $107,000 in cash in car
Posted: 9:00 AM, Apr 20, 2019 Updated: 10:26 AM, Apr 20, 2019
By: Joe Enea
Photo by: MCSO

https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/ag-alleged-drug-trafficker-caught-with-107-000-in-cash-in-car

PHOENIX — A suspected drug trafficker was found with $107,000 in cash hidden throughout his car, according to the Attorney General's Office.

Court records show that on April 11 police stopped the car of Juvencio Evlises Castaneda, age 34,
near 27th Avenue and the Carefree Highway.

Investigators say Castaneda had been identified as a trafficker of illegal drugs.

A police K9 allegedly found methamphetamine inside the car.
When police searched the car, they reportedly found 14 bundles of cash hidden throughout the vehicle.

The bundles which were wrapped up in duct tape contained $107,000 in cash.

Castaneda has been charged with multiple offenses including drug possession, conspiracy and money laundering.

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Border Patrol: Ecuadorian assaulted agent on mountain trail
Posted: 10:09 PM, Apr 19, 2019 Updated: 10:09 PM, Apr 19, 2019
By: Associated Press

https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/border-patrol-ecuadorian-assaulted-agent-on-mountain-trail

PATAGONIA, Ariz. (AP) - The U.S. Border Patrol says an Ecuadorian man assaulted an agent on a mountain trail in southern Arizona
after the Ecuadorian and two Mexican men apparently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.

The Border Patrol says neither the agent nor the Ecuadorian required medical attention after being evaluated at a Border Patrol station
after the Wednesday night incident near Patagonia.

According to the Border Patrol, the Ecuadorian hit the agent several times when the agent tried to take him into custody
and that they fought and slid down a hillside before the struggle ended when additional agents helped handcuff the man.

The Border Patrol says the Ecuadorian faces criminal charges of assaulting a federal agent
and that three men remained in custody on suspicion of immigration violations.

No identities were released.