A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was found guilty Monday by a federal jury in San Diego of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for allowing smugglers…
A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was found guilty Monday by a federal jury in San Diego of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for allowing smugglers to bring drugs and undocumented migrants through his inspection lane at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
The plan was simple: When George was on duty, he would let his smuggling contacts know which inspection lane he was working, Kimura said. The trafficking group would then send vehicles laden with drugs or carrying undocumented migrants through George’s lane. CBP officer charged with taking bribes to allow drugs to pass through border A plea deal agreed to by one of George’s co-defendants from the trafficking group states that the organization would send four or five vehicles loaded with drugs or undocumented migrants through George’s lane during every shift he worked. The co-defendant estimated in his plea agreement that about 300 undocumented migrants entered the U.S. through George’s lane.
During opening statements last week, Kimura showed the jurors text messages and audio recordings between members of the drug trafficking group discussing a corrupt, unnamed CBP officer being on payroll. He also showed the jury text messages, translated from Spanish, allegedly between George’s wife and a high-level member of the drug-trafficking group discussing whether George was supposed to be paid a flat fee for a vehicle full of undocumented migrants or for each person in the vehicle.
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