Alleged Guide in Deadly Border Crossing Indicted
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A survivor of a border crossing that ended in 14 deaths in the Arizona desert was indicted by a Tucson grand jury on 25 immigrant smuggling charges.
Jesus Lopez-Ramos, 20, faces a charge for each of the 14 deaths and for each of the 11 other survivors, said Mike Johns, first assistant U.S. attorney in Phoenix. The maximum penalty is a death sentence, but Johns said prosecutors have not decided whether to seek it.
The indictment replaces a criminal complaint charging Lopez-Ramos with bringing in illegal aliens, conspiracy to bring in illegal aliens and harboring illegal aliens.
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