Ex-New Mexico postal workers sentenced for destroying mail

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two former U.S. Postal Service employees in New Mexico have been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to destruction of mail. Prosecutors say 30-year-old Christopher Vigil, of Albuquerque, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to one year of probation and ordered to pay a $200 fine. They say 33-year-old Alonzo Gallegos, of Pena Blanca, was sentenced to six months' probation and ordered to pay a $250 fine. Prosecutors say Vigil admitted to intentionally opening mail not directed to him last Aug. 15 in Bernalillo County and using his position as an employee of a postal unit to steal a gift card. They say Gallegos admitted to delaying or destroying mail and newspapers in Santa Fe County between last Sept. 24-27.