This is a TOTAL outrage! This is apparently the FIRST prosecution under the new STATE law to prosecute smugglers done in this County (Maricopa County/Andrew Thomas have done several already) and the guy is found guilty of this outrageous crime and they sentence him to no jail time and a fine? If this guy has been out of custody all along, he probably has kept his business going all along...


Published 01.18.2007

People smuggler sentenced to 3 years probation
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
A Tucson man who smuggled nearly one dozen illegal entrants into the country last year was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to pay a $4,500 fine Thursday.

Antonio Miranda, 46, was arrested last March after police found 11 illegal entrants in his Tucson residence, according to a news release from Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard.

Police began investigating Miranda after a wire transmission of $600 was obtained by the Arizona Financial Crimes Task Force during its investigation into human smuggling, the news release said.

Miranda plead guilty to one count of human smuggling and was sentenced by Pima County Superior Court Judge Edgar Acuña.

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