Safford Police nab human smuggler who fled Border Patrol in Douglas

Photo Courtesy/Credit: GCSO: Michael Reeve, 21, was incarcerated on human trafficking charges. by John Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com Safford – Police officers in Safford apprehended a suspected smuggler in the early hours of June 9 after stopping the suspect’s vehicle for an improper turn. Michael Reeve, 21, was arrested on three counts of smuggling and one count […]

Undocumented aliens apprehended but smuggler escapes

Jon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: John Johnson john johnson news@gmail.com Graham County – Four undocumented aliens were arrested after a police chase on February 19, but the alleged smuggler escaped. The Graham County Sheriff’s Office reported that at approximately 5:07 a.m., a deputy headed to assist a Safford police officer who was chasing a vehicle […]

Alleged smuggler charged with migrant’s death

The YCSO said it found the body of a 40-year-old Ecuadorian migrant in the Yuma County desert on September 6. WELTON, Arizona (KECY, KYMA) – Efrain Leyvas-Alvarez, 34, is now facing three felonies. He left a migrant to die in the desert just south of Mohawk and Interstate 8 last September, according to the Yuma […]

Sheriff’s Office arrests human smuggler with a load of illegal immigrants

Photo Contributed/Courtesy GCSO: David Ramirez, 27, was imprisoned on smuggling charges. John Johnson john johnson news@gmail.com Graham County – Suspect faces deportation after serving jail time after being caught smuggling nine illegal immigrants. David Alejandro Hernandez-Ramirez, 27, was arrested in the early hours of November 30 and booked into the Graham County Adult Detention Facility […]