McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A madam from Mexico was sentenced to six months in prison Friday for bringing prostitutes across the border.

Jaqueline Rios Garcia De La Cadena, 33, of Mexico brought two women across the border in April. Rios had booked flights from McAllen to Houston, where they planned to work as prostitutes.

“I did not think of the consequences,” Rios said on Friday morning, when she appeared before a federal judge for sentencing. “I am very remorseful.”

Rios and two women from Mexico walked across the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge on April 2.

Prosecutors referred to the women as “Material Witness 1” and “Material Witness 2.”

When they crossed the bridge, Rios and the women claimed they were traveling separately, Kyle Vollmer, a special agent with Homeland S

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