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A previous Raging Patriot article reported that a former mayor from Arizona was being prosecuted for ballot harvesting.
“Guillermina Fuentes, 66, could face probation for running a sophisticated operation that used her status as a well-known Democrat operative in the border city of San Luis to persuade voters to let her gather and, in some cases, fill out their ballots, according to Arizona attorney general’s office investigators.”
Ballot harvesting is where political operatives collect ballots from voters and turn them in on their behalf. Former Mayor Guillermina Fuentes pleaded guilty last month to the felony ballot harvesting. Another Democrat operative, Alma Juarez, also pleaded guilty.
Arizona Central reported what Fuentes’s Attorney had to say about the charges.
“Attorney Anne Chapman said in an email Thursday that she had no comment on the charges against her client.
But she slammed Arizona’s ballot collection law, saying it impedes minority voters who have historically relied on others to help them vote. She said ‘this prosecution shows that the law is part of ongoing anti-democratic, state-wide, and national voter suppression efforts.'”
The Arizona Central report attempts to paint Attorney General’s office as withholding information and that Guillermina Fuentes is the only person investigators are after. However, they contradict themselves when they admit that several search warrants have been issued.
“The Arizona Republic reported Tuesday that search warrants were served last month at a nonprofit in San Luis. The group’s executive director is chair of the Yuma County board of supervisors and said the warrant sought the cell phone of a San Luis councilwoman who may have been involved in illegal ballot collection.
And at a legislative hearing Tuesday where election conspiracy theorists testified, the Yuma primary election case was again a highlight.”
The “election conspiracy theorists” are Catherine Engelbrecht, the founder of True the Vote, and Gregg Phillips. Both were in the movie 2000 mules, where they showed how they used GPS data to identify cell phones that repeatedly showed up close to ballot drop boxes and also made repeated visits to nonprofit organizations.
You could say that the search warrants issued to a nonprofit organization in San Luis are in connection to the findings of Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Philips. However, that is “conspiracy talk,” so take it for what you will.
Arizona Central also reported:
“Investigators wrote that it appeared Fuentes used her position as a powerful figure in the heavily Mexican-American community to get people to give her or others their ballots to return to the polls. Fuentes and her co-defendant were seen with several mail-in envelopes outside a cultural center in San Luis on the day of the 2020 primary election, the reports show. The ballots were taken inside and dropped in a ballot box.”
She was videotaped by a write-in candidate who called the Yuma County sheriff. The reports said the video showed her marking at least one ballot, but that charge was among those dropped.
An investigation was launched that day, and about 50 ballots checked for fingerprints, which were inconclusive. The investigation was taken over by the attorney general’s office within days, with investigators collaborating with sheriff’s deputies to interview voters, Fuentes, and others.”
Arizona Central report continues to say that Fuentes is only being charged with the actions that appear on the videotape. As much as Democrats want to accuse the Republicans of “racist witchhunts,” compared to the kangaroo court known as the January 6th committee, the case against the former mayor is based on evidence, not dramatic hearsay.
Sources:
http://thespokenword.business.blog/2022/07/18/the-democrat-communist-takeover/