A 46-year-old man has been sentenced to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a border crossing case.

Dinero Devon Washington also will have to be under supervised release for 36 months after serving jail time, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Authorities said that on April 16, 2021, Washington and Alina Pablo approached the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Ajo in a Ford F-150. Agents saw five other passengers in the vehicle, “all wearing camouflaged clothing with backpacks and carpeting on their shoes, indicators of having recently crossed the border between Mexico and the United States,” the release stated.

Agents confirmed that all five passengers were citizens and nationals of Mexico or Guatemala with no permission to enter the United States and had recently been picked up by Washington and Pablo, according to the release.

“Subsequent searches of Washington’s cell phone revealed detailed evidence of the planning and logistics of the smuggling effort, including pin drops, maps and text messages,” officials said in the release.

Pablo pleaded guilty to her role and will be sentenced later this year.

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