Ex-Sheriff Gets 24 Years for Helping Dealers
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A former sheriff was sentenced in Brownsville to 24 years in federal prison for extorting money from drug dealers and tipping off criminals about investigations.
Conrado Cantu, the former sheriff of Cameron County along the Texas-Mexico border, apologized before sentencing, saying he had broken under the pressure of the job and hated drugs.
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