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Border patrol agent’s associate sentenced to 48 months in prison for drug trafficking scheme

A former U.S. Border Patrol agent’s associate was sentenced to 48 months in prison after he helped facilitate drug trafficking into the United States in exchange for $5,000, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.

Daniel Hernandez, 46, of Roseville, California, was also ordered to pay back the $5,000 and undergo a year of supervised release, according to a news release.

Hernandez initially pleaded guilty to a bribery charge in February. Plea documents say he and Border Patrol Agent Robert John Hall Jr. provided detailed information about border security to a drug trafficking organization, which federal officials did not specify in the release.

The information included border patrol “sensor locations,” the location of un-patrolled roads near the U.S.-Mexico border and the number of border patrol agents working in a certain area. The men also provided the organization with border patrol radios and keys to unlock border patrol gates.

Hall, of La Feria, was previously sentenced to 114 months in prison, officials said

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