Carlos Manuel Rubio, who was convicted in a case-fixing scheme involving the Webb County District Attorney's Office in Laredo, was sentenced to 32 months in a federal prison.

Rubio was sentenced for his association in the federal official extortion case in which four other co-defendants who were also convicted are still awaiting sentencing.

Rubio was found guilty by a jury in August of conspiracy to violate the Hobbs Act for his involvement in referring others to Joe Rubio Sr.

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