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Agriprocessor Supervisors Charged Posted 4 July 2008 Two supervisors at Postville's Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant were arrested Thursday, July 3. Juan Carlos Guerrero-Espinoza, 35, and Martin De La Rosa-Loera, 43, are accused of encouraging illegal immigrants to work at the plant and, in some cases, even helping them obtain false identity documents. A federal arrest warrant for a third employee, Hosam Amara, 43, has been issued but Amara's where abouts are unknown. The charges are related to the May 12 Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at Agriprocessors that detained 389 workers, most of them Guatemalan and Mexican, for immigration violations. Of those, 300 were convicted and deported. Both men face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of the charges. Guerrero-Espinoza is facing an additional charge of aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft, which could get him another sentence of up to 15 years. They will be held at the Cedar County Jail until their detention hearings Monday, July 7. They will be arraigned July 17.

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