JASON HOPKINSCONTRIBUTOR

May 10, 20242:00 PM ET

The Department of Justice announced the sentencing of a former Border Patrol agent who tried to charge a foreign national thousands of dollars in exchange for legalizing her immigration status.

Fernando Castillo in June 2023 solicited a $5,000 bribe from a citizen of El Salvador and Mexico in exchange for paperwork that would allow her to remain in the U.S., according to a Justice Department press release. The former Border Patrol agent was subsequently caught and has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

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