The People’s Office entered into a landmark agreement with the Pascua Yaqui Tribe that will allow County Attorney Laura Conover to swear in a Special Deputy County Attorney from the tribe’s prosecutor’s office who will now have the power to co-try criminal cases.
On Tuesday, Nov. 15, Laura joined Pascua Yaqui Chairman Peter Yucupicio, Attorney General Alfred Urbina, and representatives from the Tribe’s prosecutor’s office at the Pima County Board of Supervisor’s meeting, where that body approved an Intergovernmental Agreement authorizing the partnership.
“We prosecute cases where Pascua Yaqui tribal members might be victims of violent crime, and by having a tribal prosecutor co-try a case, we can so better serve the victim while also providing greater transparency and accountability for how we serve tribal citizens,” Conover said of the agreement. “We are delivering on our promise as the People’s Office to serve all of us, not just some of us.”