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Man from Mexico sentenced for human smuggling after border bust

by Alexander MacDougall
7 years ago
(Stock image | Pixabay)
A man from Mexico has been sentenced to eight months in federal prison for human smuggling after bringing seven other Mexicans illegally across the border from Canada into Maine.Read more.
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