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El Paso man pleads guilty in deadly migrant crash during Border Patrol chase in New Mexico
Daniel Borunda, El Paso Times Published 5:29 p.m. MT July 9, 2019

An El Paso man has pleaded guilty in a crash that killed two undocumented immigrants  during a U.S. Border Patrol chase in Southern New Mexico, officials said.

Robert Acevedo, 27, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Las Cruces to a charge of conspiracy to transport aliens, the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Mexico said.

Acevedo, who is a U.S. citizen, remains jailed awaiting sentencing and faces up to life in prison, officials said.

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