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PHOENIX - A Mexican man who authorities say was in Arizona illegally was arrested for reportedly having dozens of pounds of meth to distribute.

What we know:

Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, was arrested on Sept. 22 in a Phoenix parking lot during an alleged drug deal.

"Investigators with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) East Valley Drug Enforcement Task Force learned that a drug transaction was scheduled to take place in a parking lot in Phoenix on September 22. Investigators established surveillance at the location and watched as the driver of a GMC Acadia, later identified as Castro Leon, showed another person the contents of a black duffle bag that he had stored in his trunk," said a Sept. 29 news release from the United States Attorney's Office District

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