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Father and Daughter Admit Roles in Conspiracy to Violate Clean Air Act

SAN DIEGO – Ricky Jesus Rodriguez and his daughter, Jasmine Rodriguez, pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting they participated in a months-long conspiracy to smuggle banned refrigerants from Mexico into the United States on behalf of American air conditioning companies. Ricky Rodriguez admitted that he was paid tens of thousands of dollars to coordinate the smuggling of R-22, a hydrochlorofluorocarbon...

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SAN DIEGO – Ricky Jesus Rodriguez and his daughter, Jasmine Rodriguez, pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting they participated in a months-long conspiracy to smuggle banned refrigerants from Mexico into the United States on behalf of American air conditioning companies. Ricky Rodriguez admitted that he was paid tens of thousands of dollars to coordinate the smuggling of R-22, a hydrochlorofluorocarbon...

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  1. U.S. Department of JusticePrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%
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Confidence · formula confidence-2.1.0
Source trust97
Independent corroboration51
Primary evidence100
Claim consistency82
Extraction confidence82
Attribution quality90
Impact · formula impact-2.1.0
Event magnitude76
Market relevance88
Entity significance42
Market breadth45
Novelty68
Urgency65
Ranking · formula rank-1.0.0
Confidence factor0.9235
Freshness factor0.5453
Breaking bonus0