Four Face Charges Of Harboring Illegal Immigrants After Raid

Four people arrested in raids on Mexican restaurants and a wholesale company in northwest Arkansas face charges that they harbored and aided illegal immigrants living in the region.

Debbie Groom, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office, said the four appeared this afternoon at a U.S. District Court hearing in Fayetteville. Those facing charges are 33-year-old Lucila Huaracha, a Mexican national living in Rogers, 33-year-old Armando Reyes, a Mexican living in Lowell, 45-year-old Arturo Reyes Junior, a Mexican living in Rogers, and 36-year-old Silvia Reyes, a Mexican also living in Rogers.

Prosecutors said the four operated Acambaro Mexican Restaurants and Garcia’s Distribution Company in northwest Arkansas and southwest Missouri.

Prosecutors said 23 people in all were arrested in the raids Monday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Agents seized more than $100,000 from 15 bank accounts associated with the businesses. Separate civil forfeiture complaints in U.S. District Court claim four homes owned by the Reyes family, five Acambaro restaurants and a Garcia’s warehouse came from proceeds of hiring illegal immigrants.
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