CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A Texas man has been sentenced to four years in prison in a human smuggling case involving a teen allegedly assaulted as she was being driven to New Jersey.

A federal judge in Corpus Christi on Wednesday sentenced 47-year-old Jose Gallegos (guy-YAY’-gohs) of Austin. Jurors in December convicted Gallegos of harboring and transporting an undocumented person.

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