A State Grand Jury has indicted a United States Customs and Border Protection officer, Elizabeth Landeros, for her role in tampering with a young female witness against her son. Landeros was arraigned on October 1, 2020, in a Pima County Court.
Landeros was charged with five counts of Computer Tampering, one count of Obstructing Criminal Investigations or Prosecutions, and one count of Conspiracy.
According to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, in June 2018, Landeros’ son was indicted by a Pima County Grand Jury on five counts of Sexual Conduct with a Minor under the age of fifteen.
The government alleges that Elizabeth Landeros in July 2018, searched for victim information in various law enforcement databases that have access to border crossing history. Landeros then purportedly conspired with others to use that information to pressure the victim to recant her allegations against her son.
Landeros’ son later pleaded guilty in March 2019 to one count of Attempted Sexual Conduct with a Minor and was sentenced to a probation term of 15 years, and ordered to register as a sex offender.