Man sentenced to 8 years in immigrant smuggling

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HOUSTON (AP) — A 33-year-old man has been sentenced in Houston to eight years in prison for conspiring to transport immigrants who had entered the country illegally.

U.S. District Judge Melinda Harmon sentenced Lenyn Acosta of Mexico on Friday to 97 months in prison as the leader of a conspiracy involving hundreds of immigrants.

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