(Source: ICE - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) June 24, 2013 2 ex-Border Patrol agents sentenced for running alien smuggling scheme SAN DIEGO - Two San Diego-area brothers who formerly served as U.S. Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol agents were sentenced Friday for orchestrating a scheme to smuggle more than 1,000 illegal immigrants into the United States in exchange for more than $1 million in bribes. Raul and Fidel Villarreal, who received prison terms of 35 and 30 years respectively, were convicted last year by a federal jury of conspiracy to bring in illegal aliens for financial gain; multiple counts of bringing in illegal aliens for financial gain; conspiracy to...
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