US Edition2 customs officers plead guilty to allowing drugs to enter the US through their inspection lanes
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, JUL 30 – Two officers admitted to letting at least 165 pounds of fentanyl and other drugs through U.S.-Mexico border lanes using emoji codes to coordinate with traffickers, prosecutors said.
- Two Customs and Border Protection officers pleaded guilty to allowing illegal drugs to enter the U.S. from Mexico, according to federal prosecutors.
- The officers used a secret emoji-based code to inform drug traffickers about which inspection lanes to use, states the U.S. Attorney's Office.
- Officer Diego Bonillo admitted to allowing at least 165 pounds of fentanyl into the country as part of his plea deal, prosecutors said.
- Both officers face a maximum sentence of life in prison, with Bonillo's sentencing set for November 7 and Garcia's for September 26.
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CBP officers admit to drug smuggling conspiracy using emojis to talk to runners
Two U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers pleaded guilty this month to working with members of a Mexican drug trafficking organization to smuggle multiple types of drugs into the country, federal prosecutors announced Monday. Jesse Clark Garcia, 37, and Diego Bonillo, 30, conspired to let vehicles carrying illegal drugs cross into the United States without being inspected, helping the drug traffickers bypass border security. The Department…
Customs agents pleaded guilty to allowing veh asses with drugs, including 75 kg of fentanyl, to enter the United States from Mexico.
San Diego., Two agents from the Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP) pleaded guilty to allowing vehicles full of illegal drugs to enter the United States from Mexico, federal prosecutors said yesterday.
2 customs officers plead guilty to allowing drugs into U.S., attorney's office says
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Two Customs and Border Protection officers have pleaded guilty to allowing drugs to enter the U.S. through their inspection lanes, authorities said. According to the U.S. attorney's office, Jesse Clark Garcia, 37, of San Diego and Diego Bonillo, 30, of Chula Vista conspired with members of a drug trafficking organization based in Mexico to allow vehicles transporting narcotics to enter the country without being inspecte…
Two agents of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pleaded guilty to allowing vehicles full of illegal drugs to enter the United States from Mexico, federal prosecutors said Monday. The couple sent "a secret code based on emojis" to inform Mexican traffickers which inspection lanes they were monitoring at the border crossings of Tecate and Otay Mesa, according to a statement from the Attorney General’s Office. Prosecutors said that …
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