District of Arizona Charges 227 Individuals for Immigration-Related Criminal Conduct this Week
Friday, August 7, 2026
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Arizona
PHOENIX, Ariz. – During the week of enforcement operations from Aug. 1 through Aug. 7, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona brought immigration-related criminal charges against 227 individuals. Specifically, the United States filed 84 cases in which aliens illegally re-entered the United States, and the United States also charged 123 aliens for illegally entering the United States. In its ongoing effort to deter unlawful immigration, the United States filed 16 cases against 20 individuals responsible for smuggling illegal aliens into and within the District of Arizona.
These cases were referred or supported by federal law enforcement partners, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE-ERO), ICE- Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), U.S. Border Patrol, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the FBI, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
Recent matters of interest include:
United States v. Gerardo Parada-Reyes. On July 31, 2026, Gerardo Parada-Reyes was charged by criminal complaint with Reentry of a Removed Alien. Parada-Reyes had been previously removed from the United States in 2019 after being convicted of Manufacturing/Distributing/Possession with Intent to Distribute – Heroin/Cocaine – Equal to or Greater than 5 Ounces in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Ocean County. Parada-Reyes was sentenced to 10 years in prison in that case. [26-MJ-5371]
https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/district-arizona-charges-227-individuals-immigration-related-criminal-conduct-week
