Two officers with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Field Operations have been working with an unnamed drug cartel for a number of years, federal prosecutors have alleged.
According to court documents, the officers allegedly allowed the organization to move large amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamines, cocaine, and heroin through their inspection lanes on the southern border.
Jesse Clark Garcia and Diego Bonillo have been named as the two CBP officers referenced in an indictment filed by the U.S. Southern District of California. The two agents are accused of drug trafficking and drug trafficking conspiracy, and both men have been in custody since May.
The two officers allegedly coordinated with smugglers in Mexico so that certain vehicles loaded with drugs could go through their lane. Prosecutors allege that the unnamed cartel provided the two agents with tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for free passage. […]
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