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CBP Official Sentenced For Charging Thousands Of Dollars To Migrants To Smuggle Them Across The Border

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A former Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent has been sentenced for charging migrants thousands of dollars to smuggle them across the border.

Concretely, Omar Moreno was sentenced to over four years in prison for one count of bringing in certain aliens into the U.S. for financial gain, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas. Moreno has also been sentenced to 80 hours of community service for one county of bribery of a public official.

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