Updated on April 2, 2021 at 8:38 pm
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Two brothers who smuggled three sisters across the U.S.-Mexico border last year, leading to the women's deaths when a snowstorm struck as they traveled through the mountains, were sentenced by a San Diego federal judge Friday to more than five years in prison.
Cecilio Rios-Quinones, 38, and Ricardo Rios-Quinones, 23, both of Chihuahua, Mexico, pleaded guilty last year to federal charges stemming from the deaths of Juana Santos Arce, 35; Margarita Santos Arce, 32; and Paula Santos Arce, 29; all of Oaxaca, Mexico.
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