Fort Bliss soldier gets 15 months for immigrant smuggling

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A Fort Bliss soldier has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for trying to smuggle two immigrants through a South Texas border checkpoint.
Joseph Edmond Cleveland of El Paso was sentenced Thursday in Corpus Christi.
Cleveland pleaded guilty to conspiracy-related human smuggling counts. Officials say Cleveland tried to use his military status to drive two immigrants through the Falfurrias checkpoint last June.
Cleveland and another Fort Bliss soldier,