Prison For Mexican Trucker Who Smuggled Immigrants

CORPUS CHRISTI (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Mexican trucker must serve 2½ years in a U.S. prison for trying to smuggle 53 immigrants in a refrigerated trailer through a South Texas border checkpoint.
Luis Valero-Carrizales was sentenced Thursday in Corpus Christi. The 39-year-old Valero-Carrizales in April pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport undocumented immigrants.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent searches for undocumented immigrants in McAllen, Texas. (credit: John Moore/Getty Images)
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