This might actually be THE worst possible way to try to get out of an unhappy marriage.  THE worst.

There's a 48-year-old guy named Antonio Burgos from Portland, Oregon.  And his wife moved here from El Salvador to be with him.

But they'd been having trouble, and back in June, they were trying to get a divorce.

So Antonio came up with plan B . . . he contacted an ICE agent and tried to get him to DEPORT his wife and her daughter from a previous relationship.  And he offered to bribe the Customs agent with $3,000 to get him to do it.

But the ICE agent turned him in, and Antonio was arrested for bribing a public official.

Antonio pleaded guilty last week.  He was facing up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine . . . but since he took a plea, his punishment will probably be much lighter than that.

He won't be sentenced until May . . . and he'll be in federal prison until then. 

(NBC News)