Mexican national sentenced in border child smuggling case involving THC-laced candy

A Mexican national was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison after admitting to participating in a human smuggling operation that prosecutors say used THC-laced candy to sedate children as young as 5 before bringing them across the U.S.-Mexico border . Federal prosecutors said one child suffered THC poisoning and was hospitalized after being given the drug-laced candy during one of the smuggling operations . Manuel Valenzuela, 35, pleaded guilty last November to one count of conspi