During the week of November 22 to November 28, 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona charged 190 individuals with immigration-related crimes. The charges included 106 cases of illegal re-entry into the United States and 71 cases involving illegal entry. Additionally, authorities filed 11 cases against 13 people accused of smuggling undocumented immigrants into or within Arizona.
These enforcement actions were supported by several federal agencies, such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE ERO), ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Border Patrol, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
Among recent cases highlighted was United States v. Miguel Angel Marcos. On November 24, Marcos was charged with Transportation of an Illegal Alien after being stopped by Yuma Police for speeding. According to authorities, his passenger claimed to have been walking in the desert before being picked up by Marcos; immigration checks revealed that the passenger was a Mexican citizen unlawfully present in the country.
Another case involved Jairo Manzur Rodriguez-Nieblas, who on November 26 was charged with Transportation of an Illegal Alien and Reentry of a Removed Alien. Yuma County Sheriff’s Office responded to a stranded individual in the desert who turned out to be unlawfully present in the U.S., wearing camouflage clothing. Border Patrol later found Rodriguez-Nieblas guiding two others from Mexico into Arizona; both he and one other person were confirmed as Mexican citizens without legal status in the United States. Authorities also noted that Rodriguez-Nieblas had previously been removed from the country.
“A criminal complaint is a formal accusation of criminal conduct. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law,” according to officials.
