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"},{"text":"The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona said the charges were filed during enforcement operations conducted from September 19 through September 25."},{"text":"Federal authorities filed 155 cases against people accused of illegally re-entering the United States after their removal. Another 191 people were charged with entering the country unlawfully."},{"text":"Prosecutors also filed 28 cases against 32 people accused of smuggling undocumented immigrants into and within Arizona."},{"text":"One defendant was charged with assaulting a US Border Patrol agent, the Attorney’s Office said. It described the protection of law enforcement officers as a central part of border enforcement."},{"text":"The cases were referred to prosecutors or supported by several federal agencies. They included US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations and Homeland Security Investigations."},{"text":"In one case, US citizen Gilda Sabas Martinez was charged with transporting an undocumented immigrant."},{"text":"A Pinal County Sheriff’s deputy stopped a vehicle driven by Martinez on September 22 and found a minor travelling with her, according to the criminal complaint."},{"text":"Agents later determined that the minor was a Mexican citizen unlawfully present in the United States, prosecutors said."},{"text":"Martinez was charged on September 23."},{"text":"In a separate case, Percy Anthony Kisto, also a US citizen, was charged with transporting an undocumented immigrant and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon."},{"text":"Border Patrol agents assigned to a checkpoint on Arizona State Route 85 reportedly saw a GMC Acadia make a U-turn as it approached the checkpoint."},{"text":"Agents stopped the vehicle and found Kisto and four passengers inside. Three passengers, including a minor, were determined to be Mexican citizens unlawfully present in the country."},{"text":"A search of Kisto’s backpack recovered a firearm, according to prosecutors. Kisto was prohibited from possessing a gun because of a 2015 felony conviction for transporting an undocumented immigrant."},{"text":"Another defendant, identified as Ivan Rojas-Menera, was charged with illegally re-entering the United States following an earlier removal."},{"text":"The release said Rojas-Menera had previously been removed from the country in April 2019 after a felony conviction involving conspiracy to transport dangerous drugs for sale. He had received a prison sentence of four years and nine months in that case."},{"text":"The Attorney’s Office cautioned that the criminal complaints were formal allegations and did not establish guilt."},{"text":"“All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law,” it said."},{"text":"Arizona shares a long international boundary with Mexico and remains one of the principal areas for federal immigration and border enforcement. Federal law separately criminalises unlawful entry, re-entry following removal and the transportation or concealment of people who are unlawfully present in the country. 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