Judge in smuggling case says sentencing guidelines are too lenient.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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COPYRIGHT 2006 South Florida Sun-Sentinal

Byline: Vanessa Blum

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ A Miami federal judge lashed out at federal sentencing guidelines Tuesday, saying they would not provide a sufficiently severe sentence for two men whose effort to smuggle Cubans into the United States last year ended in the drowning of a young boy.

Alexander Gil Rodriguez, 25, and Luis Manuel Taboada Cabrera, 29, pleaded guilty in November 2005 to illegally attempting to transport immigrants to the United States. Their speedboat was detected by the...

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