Ex-Border Patrol Agent Gets Over 7 Years for Accepting Bribes, Smuggling

Ex-Border Patrol Agent Gets Over 7 Years for Accepting Bribes, Smuggling
A Border Patrol agent processes illegal immigrants in Otay Mesa, Calif., on Feb. 29, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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SAN DIEGO—A former U.S. Border Patrol Agent who accepted bribes and took part in drug and human smuggling attempts was sentenced May 24 to more than seven years in federal prison.

Hector Hernandez, 55, of Chula Vista, pleaded guilty to taking money in order to assist smugglers seeking to move drugs and people from Mexico into the United States.

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