Monday, a Pinal County Superior Court judge sentenced 18-year-old Mexican national Uriel Ruiz-Estrada to one year in the Department of Corrections for helping aid drug smugglers through the Pinal mountain ranges.
On March 2, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office’s Anti-Smuggling Unit received a tip of possible scouts in a mountainous area southwest of Maricopa.
With the help of their air unit, PCSO located a makeshift campsite and three drug scouts acting as lookouts. These lookouts warn the drug runners of law enforcement presence and other concerns which hinder their criminal syndicate’s ability to ensure their drugs pass safely through their assigned areas.
One scout fled as PCSO moved in, but deputies still arrested two of the men, including Ruiz-Estrada and 47-year-old Martin Aispuro-Angulo.
The men plead guilty to one felony count each of conspiracy to transport and/or sell marijuana.
In May, a Pinal County Superior Court Judge sentenced the co-defendant, Aispuro-Angulo, to one year in the Department of Corrections.
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So, a roof over his head, 3 hots and a cot daily, a free trip back to his country of origin…. or do we just grant this scumbag amnesty? We probably provide segregated lock up for the illegals so the general population can not kill them. Guess we'll be seeing him again in about a year on the same hilltop… but properly nourished and well rested next time.