Hector Hernandez, who was arrested last year following a sting operation, was sentenced in San Diego federal court to seven years and three months in prison
Hector Hernandez moved from Mexico to the United States in 1988 and 10 years later became a naturalized citizen. In 2002, he took an oath to protect his new home nation when he became a Border Patrol agent. But Hernandez, 56, broke that oath last year when he accepted bribes in exchange for helping traffickers move people and drugs across the border. On Friday, U.S.
During a phone call with an undercover agent, Hernandez allegedly asked for the group to send three undocumented people at a time instead of just one so he could receive higher payments. Later, the undercover agent pitched Hernandez a new scheme that involved moving drugs across the border, according to the plea agreement. Hernandez agreed to a plan in which he would pick up the drugs if they were hidden on the U.S. side of the border fence.
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