Human Smuggler Sentenced to 10 Years After Leaving Woman to Die in Arizona

A 28-year-old Mexican citizen was sentenced to 120 months in prison for his role in a ‘dangerous human smuggling conspiracy.’

A U.S. Border Patrol agent looks for footprints of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S.–Mexico border near Nogales, Arizona, in 2010. On Jan. 25, President Donald Trump ordered a continuous physical wall be constructed along the southern border. John Moore/Getty Images

A Mexican alien smuggling guide was sentenced to 10 years in prison on July 2 after leaving a border crosser to die in southern Arizona while transporting illegal migrants into the United States.

Jesus Ernesto Dessens-Romero, 28, was convicted of multiple smuggling offenses, including bringing illegal immigrants into the United States for profit and putting their lives in jeopardy during the offenses, the Department of Justice said in a statement.