CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — An SUV driver from Mexico must serve nearly six years in a U.S. prison for a 2014 rollover wreck in South Texas that left two immigrants dead.
Amurabi Medina-Cruz was sentenced Tuesday by a federal judge in Corpus Christi.
Prosecutors say the 22-year-old Medina Cruz was convicted in October of conspiracy to transport undocumented immigrants. Authorities say the December 2014 human smuggling case involves officers pursuing a fleeing vehicle driven by Medina-Cruz.
Six other immigrants in the vehicle, which rolled several times, were injured in the accident.
Prosecutors say Medina-Cruz faces deportation to Mexico after his prison term.