During a sentencing hearing before a federal judge in McAllen, Texas, on Tuesday morning, Jacob Lix-Par credited the Border Patrol for saving his life. In June, Lix-Par, a 41-year-old illegal alien from Guatemala, was freed from a burning tractor-trailer alongside 38 other illegal aliens in a dramatic rescue captured on video.
Lix-Par appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge Randy Crane in the Southern District of Texas to face sentencing for illegally re-entering the United States after being deported. As highlighted in a report by Valley Central, a digital news platform in the Texas Rio Grande Valley, Lix-Par made the statement during Tuesday’s hearing, saying, “I was kidnapped by some people who forced me to get on the trailer. And that trailer started to burn. If it weren’t for the Border Patrol, I would have died.” Lix-Par was subsequently sentenced to 10 months in prison.
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