BP Agents seize 5 pounds of heroin, two women arrested
Two El Paso women appeared before a federal judge in Las Cruces Friday after they were allegedly caught with five pounds of heroin at the Border Patrol checkpoint on I-25 north of Las Cruces.
Elizabeth Ordonez-Ochoa, 36; and Olivia Ceniceros-Favela, 32, were arrested Wednesday.
Agents allegedly found some of the heroin in a pair of shoes Ordonez-Ochoa was wearing and in another pair of shoes under the driver’s seat.
Investigators arrested Ceniceros-Favela after she allegedly tried to pick up Ordenez-Ochoa at a Walmart in Las Cruces.
The women will remain in federal custody pending preliminary hearings.
If convicted, they each face anywhere from 10 years to life in prison, officials said.
