PROSECUTORS: SMUGGLER THREATENED TO MURDER FEDERAL AGENT
September 20, 2022 ·Carl Prine
According to US Border Patrol, Jesus Alberto Ibarra-Barraza vowed to kill a federal agent on March 17, 2022, a day after he was detained for allegedly smuggling Guatemalans into the US near Arivaca, Arizona. US Border Patrol photo.
A suspected smuggler vowed to murder a federal agent, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed Tuesday, Sept. 20.
Prosecutors also charged the man — Jesus Alberto Ibarra-Barraza, 31, of Tucson — with four counts of conspiring to transport illegal migrants for money and another four counts of transporting them.
His arraignment is slated for Sept. 30 in Tucson before US Magistrate Maria S. Aguilera. Incarcerated without bond, Ibarra-Barraza faces up to 10 years behind bars and a $250,000 fine for each charge, if he’s convicted.
Pima County records revealed a long rap sheet for Ibarra-Barraza, including arrests for possessing drug paraphernalia, criminal trespass, theft, and multiple traffic violations.
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