Smuggler faces charges after running over migrant while fleeing BP near T-O Nation
Posted May 31, 2022, 4:28 pm
Paul Ingram
TucsonSentinel.com
A 23-yearold man faces federal charges after he ran over a migrant while attempting to flee from Border Patrol agents during an incident last week near the Tohono O'odham Nation.
Isaiah Osorio, a resident of Albuquerque, N.M., appeared in federal court in Tucson on Thursday, and he faces two charges: transporting people for profit while placing them in jeopardy, and high-speed flight from an immigration checkpoint. On May 24, when he was pulled over by BP agents, Osorio pushed one man out of his vehicle and sped away, running him over with the rear tires of his Jeep Grand Cherokee.
According to a complaint filed Wednesday, Osorio told federal agents he was put into contact with a smuggling coordinator on Facebook and used Whatsapp on his cellphone to set up a plan to smuggle people for money. He later drove to Little Tucson, a small community on the Tohono O'odham Nation about 50 miles southwest of Tucson along State Route 86, and picked up seven people all dressed in camouflage, who had crossed the border sometime earlier.
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