District of Arizona Charges 200 Individuals for Immigration-Related Criminal Conduct this Week

PHOENIX, Ariz. – During the week of enforcement operations from Jan. 24 through Jan. 30, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona brought immigration-related criminal charges against 200 individuals. Specifically, the United States filed 109 cases in which aliens illegally re-entered the United States, and the United States also charged 72 aliens for illegally entering the United States. In its ongoing effort to deter unlawful immigration, the United States filed 14 cases against 18 individuals responsible for smuggling illegal aliens into and within the District of Arizona. Protecting law enforcement officers is a key part of border vigilance, and federal prosecutors also charged one defendant for assaulting a Border Patrol agent.

These cases were referred or supported by federal law enforcement partners, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE-ERO), ICE- Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-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).

Recent matters of interest include:

United States v. Gustavo Duarte-Corona. Duarte-Corona was charged by complaint with Re-entry of Removed Alien, Jan. 29, 2026. The defendant was previously removed from the United States on March 28, 1997, after being convicted of Delivery of a Controlled Substance I, a felony, in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, Multnomah County. In that case, Duarte-Corona was sentenced to 18 months of imprisonment followed by 36 months of supervised release. 26-03031MJ, Phoenix.

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.

RELEASE NUMBER:    2026-013_January 30 Immigration Enforcement

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