Sofia Vergara's Brother Deported After 30 Arrests -- See The Mug Shots
Aug. 3 2011, Published 9:20 a.m. ET
By Alex Burton - Executive News Editor, Star magazine
The real-life domestic dramas that have plagued Sofia Vergara are a far cry from the light-hearted situations she’s faced with on her hit TV show Modern Family.
Heartbroken Sofia has been trying to help her younger brother, Julio, kick a crippling drug addiction that has led to his being arrested nearly 30 times in the last 10 years, according to Miami-Dade (Fla.) County Court information obtained by Star magazine.
Shockingly, Star has also learned that Julio was deported by immigration authorities after his last arrest in April.
“To see somebody dying over 10 years, little by little, that’s the worst punishment,” Sofia, 39, recently told Parade magazine. “Now he’s like another person.”
Sofia moved from Colombia to the U.S. in 1994 with her son Manolo, now 19, after divorcing her childhood sweetheart.
Four years later, her older brother, Rafael, 27, was killed on the streets of Bogota. “We come from a successful family, and he knew he was a target for kidnapping,” says Sofia.
“He always ha