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Illegal immigrant sentenced for role in smuggling case


May 4, 2005

The last of the four illegal immigrants arrested last week in connection with the bust of a suspected illegal alien drop house in Yuma has been sentenced to 90 days in jail on two separate charges.

Benjamin Garcia, 27, who appeared Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Jay Irwin in Yuma, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of assisting illegal aliens and illegal entry into the United States.

In exchange for his guilty plea, the government dismissed a felony charge of transporting illegal aliens against him.

Garcia was sentenced to three months in jail on each of the misdemeanor charges, but Irwin ordered the sentences be concurrent â€â€