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Date: 12-02-2021
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Case Number: 20-cr-2122
Judge: Rosemary Marquez
Court: United States District Court for the District of Arizona (Pima County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Tucson, Arizona criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with attempting to smuggle ammunition from the United States into Mexico.
Maurico Robles, age 26, of Phoenix was charged with smuggling good from the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. 554(a).
On May 4, 2020, Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle Torres was driving. Robles was the sole passenger and the owner of the vehicle. Inside the vehicle, DPS troopers found almost 6,000 rounds of ammunition and thirty ammunition magazines. Torres and Robles intended to provide the ammunition to other individuals who would then smuggle the ammunition from the United States into Mexico on behalf of a criminal organization, in exchange for payment.
Homeland Security Investigations conducted the investigation in this case, with the assistance of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Assistant U.S. Attorney Angela W. Woolridge, District of Arizona, Tucson, handled the prosecution.
Outcome: Defendant was committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons for a term of THIRTY-SEVEN (37) MONTHS, with credit for time served. Upon release from imprisonment, the defendant shall be placed on supervised release for a term of THREE (3) YEARS.
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