PHOENIX (AP) — A federal grand jury in Phoenix has indicted three Mexican men for their alleged roles in a drugs and firearms case earlier this month.
Prosecutors say 23-year-old Luis Enrique Lizarraga-Ayala, 36-year-old Octavio Rivera-Mendez and 22-year-old Juan Carlos Casas-Pacheco were indicted for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, use of a firearm in the furtherance of a drug trafficking offense and unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.
The three men were arrested on Nov. 10. They allegedly were part of a crew in the Vekol Valley near Casa Grande involved in using firearms to rob drug couriers carrying marijuana in the desert.
Authorities say Lizarraga-Ayala, Rivera-Mendez and Casas-Pacheco were in the country illegally and had previously been deported. They each have since been ordered detained pending trial.
Associated Press
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