Ex-CBP officer sentenced to 15 years in prison for accepting bribes in drug smuggling case.
Former CBP Officer Sentenced for Drug Smuggling A former officer with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after admitting to accepting bribes from smugglers. In exchange, he allowed the transport of vehicles loaded with drugs into the U.S. through the southern border. Diego Bonillo, aged 31, faced […]
Ex-CBP officer convicted of bribery after allowing drugs, illegals to cross border
The Department of Justice announced earlier this week that a former Customs and Border Protection agent was convicted of accepting bribes from a group attempting to smuggle drugs and illegal immigrants across the southern border. A federal jury convicted Leonard Darnell George on Monday of two counts of accepting a bribe from a public official, […]