U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona
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During the week of December 6 to December 12, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona charged 173 individuals with immigration-related crimes.
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Daniel Roberto Auz-Vasquez, a 28-year-old resident of Imuris, Sonora, Mexico, has been sentenced to 78 months in prison for his involvement in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.
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Kevin Darren Blackhorse, a 37-year-old resident of Tsaile, Arizona, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for voluntary manslaughter.
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Eighteen individuals involved in a Yuma-based human smuggling ring known as La Mesa have been sentenced following a joint investigation by the United States Border Patrol and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona.
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A Tucson resident, Leo Reynoso, 46, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to the unauthorized excavation and trafficking of archeological resources from land belonging to the Gila River Indian Community.
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During the week of November 29 to December 5, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona charged 242 individuals with immigration-related crimes.
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Dominik Israel Lopez, a 24-year-old Mesa resident, has been sentenced to nine years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing fentanyl that resulted in a fatal overdose.
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During the week of November 22 to November 28, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona charged 190 individuals with immigration-related crimes.
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The Justice Department has reported the outcomes of a six-month initiative aimed at reducing violent crime in Indian Country, with a particular focus on cases involving missing or murdered Indigenous people.
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An Arizona man has been sentenced to over seven years in prison for orchestrating an investment fraud scheme that defrauded 54 victims of millions of dollars.
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During the week of November 15 to November 21, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona charged 174 individuals with immigration-related offenses.
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Kevin Lamorris McKenzie, a 49-year-old resident of Tucson, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and embezzlement from an Indian tribal organization.
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On September 30, 2025, a federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a 23-count superseding indictment against five individuals from Dilkon, Arizona.
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Jose Guadalupe Tapia-Quintero, a 54-year-old resident of San Francisco de Tacuichamona, Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty on November 17, 2025, to charges related to drug trafficking and money laundering.
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A Tucson restaurant owner, Jason Felipe Gutierrez-Sandoval, 29, has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release.
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Richard Alex Buitimea, a 35-year-old member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possession of child pornography.
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During the week of November 8 to November 14, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona charged 184 individuals with immigration-related crimes.
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Jorge J. Jimenez, a former U.S. Border Patrol agent from Nogales, Arizona, has been sentenced to 78 months in prison and fined $15,000 after being convicted of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud.
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Jose Ismael Castro Leon, a 47-year-old Mexican national residing illegally in the United States, has been charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona.
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John Avendano, 21, of Phoenix, Arizona, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.