At sentencing, smuggler asks judge to be reimbursed for dentures

McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In mid-December, when he appeared before a judge for sentencing, Joe Cruz had two requests. Cruz had been caught smuggling more than 20 migrants through a Border Patrol checkpoint near Hebbronville. Smugglers locked the migrants — people from Pakistan, Honduras and other nations who had illegally crossed the border — in [...]