GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Three Guatemalan nationals have been arrested on charges of providing counterfeit permanent resident cards and Social Security numbers to people living in the country illegally, federal prosecutors say.

Norma Yanari Ayala, Rigoberto Vasquez-Vasquez and Edgidio Vasquez-Mencho were arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiracy to transfer false identification documents and transfer false identification documents after being indicted by a grand jury, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Ayala and Vasquez-Mencho were also charged with alien reentry. The indictment claims that Ayala has previously been deported four times and Vasquez-Mencho was removed once.

The indictment alleges that from June 2024 to June 2025 in Kent County, the defendants cons

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