Volunteers condemned in Arizona who left water and food for illegal immigrants in the desert

A court in Tucson, Arizona, sentenced four volunteers for leaving water and food in the desert. Provisions were intended for migrants who pass through the deadly terrain in the south of the state.

Federal judge Bernando Velasco sentenced Nathalie Hoffman, Una Holcomb, Madeleine Hughes and Zachilo Orozko-McCormick to 15 months of probation without supervision. Each of them will also have to pay 250 dollars in fine, writes USA Today.

On Jan. 18, Velasco found four women guilty of entering the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge without proper permission and leaving property (one-gallon water containers—1 liters—and cans of beans) there. Hoffman was also convicted of using a vehicle on a wildlife refuge south of Ajo.

The charges were filed on 13 August 2017, when women volunteered to become No More Deaths humanitarian aid volunteers. In the desert, they were confronted by a US Fish and Wildlife Service officer.

As part of the sentence, all four women are prohibited from entering the reserve during their probation period.

After the sentence was passed, the women made a joint statement in which they thanked their families and supporters. They said that their conviction would not prevent humanitarian activities along the borders of Arizona and Mexico. Representatives of No More Deaths organized a rally in support of convicts outside the federal court building in Tucson.

A month before the sentence was passed, the defenders filed a petition with the court asking for a new investigation, arguing that the Arizona prosecutors deliberately concealed information on the case that could help the defense. However, federal prosecutors did not agree with these allegations.

In addition to convicted 1 March, federal prosecutors filed criminal charges against five other No More Deaths volunteers for providing humanitarian assistance to Kabeza Priety. But last week, lawyers for four out of five people agreed to drop the charges.

Under the agreement, Caitlin Dagan, Zoe Anderson, Rebecca Grossman-Richheimer and Logan Hollarsmith must pay fines of 250 dollars per person. All four entered Kabeza Priet without permission from 19 July 2017. Volunteers said they were trying to find three missing migrants.

Another volunteer, Scott Warren, was also charged, this time with a felony. Border Patrol agents arrested him on Jan. 17, 2018, in Ajo on charges of harboring two illegal immigrants. His trial will begin in May.

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