PHOENIX — A Tucson woman was sentenced to prison for her role in a human trafficking case involving migrants, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona announced on Friday.
Sharnesia Latrice Cooley, 31, was found guilty at her trial on Nov. 1, 2024 for “conspiracy to transport illegal aliens for profit and transporting illegal aliens for profit,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Cooley was sentenced to six years.
Why were the Tucson woman sentenced to six years in prison?
Authorities said on Feb. 2, 2024, a U.S. border patrol camera operator near Naco found four migrants approaching a 2011 Volkswagen Routan while a Border Patrol agent saw them get into the vehicle…