452nd DA announces 99-year sentence for Kimble human smuggler

JUNCTION, TX- On March 11, 2025, Ruben Fernandez Sandoval (age 42 of Austin, Texas) was sentenced to ninety-nine (99) years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division for the offense of Human Smuggling Causing a Death. Sandoval was sentenced by Judge Stephen Ellis (retired, sitting by assignment). Sandoval was found guilty by a Kimble County jury on Friday, February 28, ...

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