Documentary alleges voter fraud in San Luis

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Dinesh D'Souza's new movie '2000 Mules', focuses on alleged ballot harvesting across the country, but more specifically in San Luis, Arizona, during the 2020 presidential election.

The movie describes these alleged ballot harvesters as “mules”, claiming at least two-thousand of them were paid to illegally collect ballots and deliver them to drop boxes in key swing states ahead of the 2020 election.

Even though the movie only supports this case by interviewing one anonymous "whistleblower" from San Luis, who claims seeing what she assumed was payments for ballot harvesting.

In late 2020, Arizona's attorney general Mark Brnovich announced a state grand jury indicted Guillermina Fuentes and Alma Juarez, both of San Luis, for one count each of ballot abuse, also known as ballot harvesting.

The indictment alleges Fuentes and Juarez knowingly collected four voted ballots from another person, in violation of Arizona Law during the august 2020 primary election. 

Arizona Senate candidate Gary Snyder claims he put up hidden cameras by the ballot drop boxes at the San Luis library and Cesar Chavez Cultural Center.

“I wanted to make sure everything was either recorded, audio or pictures because at the end of the day, that’s what’s really going to get people guilty. In the primary of 2020, we were watching voters come up and some of the voters were unfortunately doing some illegal acts,” said Snyder.

San Luis resident, David Lara, says he has been trying to crack down on ballot harvesting in San Luis for 22 years.

“The only thing we can say is that there was a camera at the right position, at the right time and they were caught. So it wasn’t just one shot. This was numerous pictures and videos throughout the day,” said Lara.

News 11 asked for the video they claim to have taken, but Snyder says he can't release it because it's part of an active investigation. 

Meanwhile Fuentes, who was the former mayor of San Luis, was set to be in court this morning, but postponed her change of plea hearing until June 2.

Juarez is scheduled to be back in court June 16.

And Wednesday the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office released information on several cases of alleged voter fraud following the 2020 general election. 

Some examples include, using a ballot of someone who has died or moved, using a fake name or voting in more than one election. 

Any of these crimes could come with two years in prison.

So far no one has been charged or convicted.