Five indicted for distributing counterfiet identification cards

Five men have been indicted by a federal grand jury accused of making and distributing counterfeit government identification cards in three Alabama counties.  39 year old Pedro Montanez-Medez, is charged with providing counterfeit Social Security and Permanent Resident cards to three people in Calhoun County between Feb. 18 and March 26.  Montanez-Medez is also charged with illegally reentering the U.S. after having been deported. The three Calhoun County residents who received the counterfeit cards are not identified in the indictments. 44 year old Amancio Gonzalez-Perez, of Tuscaloosa, is charged with providing four Tuscaloosa residents with counterfeit Social Security and permanent resident cards.  Gonzalez-Perez and a co-defendant, 25 year old Roberto Zamudio-Sanchez, of Tuscaloosa, both face one count each of possessing document-making equipment with the intent to produce the counterfeit IDs.  In a third indictment, 25 year old Eutiquio Franco-Ibarra, and 33 year old Juan Benetiz-Pacheco, both of Albertville, are charged with counterfeiting government ID cards and supplying them to a Marshall County resident on Feb. 4.  Franco-Ibarra also is charged with transferring a false Social Security card to a second individual on Feb. 27, and Benitez-Pacheco is charged with providing both a Social Security and a permanent resident card to a third individual on March 27.  Both men are also charged with possessing document-making implements. Benitez-Pacheco also is charged with illegally reentering the U.S. after a previous deportation. The cases are being investigated by the Department Homeland Security.