Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Border Patrol. Officers searched for Mexican drug cartel scouts who spot and report law enforcement presence in the area to smugglers passing through.
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office announced a round of arrests of drug cartel scouts and affiliates after a months-long sting in Pinal County on Monday.
Sheriff Paul Babeu told reporters at a press conference that eight men were arrested over February and March in the operation. Three of those individuals – Francisco Noriega Nuñez, Jose Gambino Ruiz and Jose Aispuro – were sentenced to 21/2 years in prison for one count of conspiracy to possession of marijuana for sale, a class 3 felony. Four remain in custody awaiting trials.
By March 17, Pinal County Attorney Lando Voyles had issued an indictment against the seven men. Voyles called this type of prosecution against cartel scouts “rare.”
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