Border Patrol Agents Admit Aiding Smugglers
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Two former Border Patrol supervisory agents pleaded guilty Friday to bribery and filing false income tax returns.
Mario Alvarez, 44, and Samuel McLaren, 43, admitted taking $186,000 in bribes to help an illegal immigrant smuggling ring in the Imperial Valley.
Each faces a possible 18-year prison term when sentenced in federal court Sept. 29.
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