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Immigration

Jan. 10, 2001

Judge Sentences Agent for Smuggling

LOS ANGELES - A former Los Angeles immigration service agent was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison for turning over illegal immigrants in his custody to a smuggler who demanded ransom from their relatives.

        LOS ANGELES - A former Los Angeles immigration service agent was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison for turning over illegal immigrants in his custody to a smuggler who demanded ransom from their relatives.
        "I'm very remorseful. I lost 20 to 21 years of my life," Jesse. J. Gardona, 41, told U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real, who sentenced him.
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