(Another slap on the wrist)

Feb 7, 6:36 PM EST


Woman Sentenced in Kid Smuggling Attempt


TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- A woman was sentenced Wednesday to more than a year in prison for trying to smuggle two Mexican children into the United States by pretending they were her own.

Brenda Aguirre, 25, of Phoenix, was accused of trying to enter the United States with the children April 2 at the Douglas border crossing. She claimed the children were hers and that they were U.S. citizens.

But officials determined the children, ages 3 and 5, were Mexican and that Aguirre was to receive $500 for bringing them across the border.

She pleaded guilty in September to conspiring to transport illegal aliens and was sentenced Wednesday to 15 months in prison.

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