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It’s unclear whether the alleged evidence tampering influenced the federal government’s swift resolution of their prosecutions of the wounded pickup driver and passenger. The government’s and defense lawyers’ accounts of what prompted the Border Patrol shooting differ. Nino-Moncada, 33, pleaded guilty in July to destruction of government property related to the damage to federal government’s rental car and is set to be sentenced next Wednesday to time served - the nine months he’s spent in custody.

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