Charges dismissed against former Swift union rep





May 13, 2009 4:44 PM ET

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Federal prosecutors have dismissed charges against a former union representative at the Swift & Co. meatpacking plant in Marshalltown.

The U.S. attorney's office filed a motion to dismiss the case against Braulio Pereyra-Gabino on Monday and the U.S. District Court in Des Moines granted the motion on Tuesday.

The dismissal of the charges comes after the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the conviction in April because the jury instructions were flawed.

Pereyra-Gabino was found guilty in May 2008 of harboring illegal immigrants working at the Swift plant in Marshalltown. He was later sentenced to one year and one day in prison.

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