Two former Border Patrol agents were sentenced Tuesday to more than six years each in prison for taking nearly $200,000 in bribes in exchange for releasing immigrant smugglers and illegal immigrants from federal custody.Mario Alvarez and Samuel McClaren released smugglers and their customers from jail while working on a prisoner transfer program with the Mexican government. They once released a prisoner in a Wal-Mart parking lot for a fee of $6,000, according to court documents.The agents, based in El Centro, once smuggled two illegal immigrants across the border themselves in a government vehicle and released them for cash, according to court documents. They turned over the location of surveillance cameras and other Border Patrol intelligence to smugglers. ...
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