SAN DIEGO — A Tijuana man and his San Diego girlfriend have been charged in federal court with stealing the identity of the woman’s brother to illegally cross the border and commit other crimes in the United States, the Department of Justice announced.

Luis Enrique Villegas Brownell, 20, of Tijuana, and Kassandra Sanchez, 23, of San Diego, were indicted on federal charges that include conspiracy and identity theft. According to the indictment, Villegas, a Mexican citizen, and Sanchez, a U.S. citizen, conspired to steal identity documents belonging to Sanchez’s brother, identified in court records as J.D.S.

Prosecutors allege that Villegas then used those documents to obtain a California state ID card from the DMV in J.D.S.'s name but with Villegas's photo and thumbprint. Using this fraud

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