A woman who identified herself as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employee to Border Patrol agents during a smuggling attempt in Falfurrias was sentenced Wednesday to 21 months in prison, federal court records show.

Nancy Berenisse Fernandez Luna pleaded guilty in December 2024 to a charge of conspiracy to transport undocumented migrants within the United States.

Luna was one of two individuals arrested after a charter bus with 39 migrants arrived at the Falfurrias checkpoint on Oct. 4, 2024.

According to a criminal complaint, Luna told Border Patrol agents she was working with ICE and escorting COVID-positive undocumented juveniles.

While inspecting the charter bus, Border Patrol agents contacted the Centralized Processing Center, and were told they had no transport buses

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