Smugglers Sentenced for Journey That Left 3 Sisters Dead

Smugglers Sentenced for Journey That Left 3 Sisters Dead
A U.S. Border Patrol agent sits in a vehicle along a border wall in a file photo. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
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SAN DIEGO—Two smugglers were sentenced to federal prison on Friday for leading three sisters from Mexico into California, where they froze to death in a mountain snowstorm.

Cecilio Rios-Quiñones, 38, and his brother, 23-year-old Ricardo Rios-Quiñones, received 5 1/2 years each in U.S. District Court in San Diego.