CBP officers charged after allegedly taking bribes to wave in illegal immigrants
Two U S Customs and Margin Protection officers have been charged with taking bribes to let people enter the country without showing documents at America's busiest margin transiting CBP Officers Farlis Almonte and Ricardo Rodriguez worked at the San Ysidro Port of Entry and prosecutors say they let dozens of vehicles carrying illegal immigrants pass through without proper checks in exchange for thousands of dollars According to court documents unsealed Thursday investigators discovered phone messages between the officers and human operators in Mexico They also revealed large unexplained cash deposits in the officers bank accounts US IMMIGRATION WILL ONLY RECOGNIZE GENDERS GOING FORWARD ENDS BIDEN-ERA PRACTICEIn one scenario caught on surveillance video a car stopped at a checkpoint with two people inside but only the driver was officially recorded as entering the U S prosecutors noted When Almonte was arrested investigators also allegedly seized nearly in cash they believe his girlfriend was trying to take to Tijuana Prosecutors say he may face more charges including money laundering and trying to hide evidence according to The San Diego Union-Tribune SOUTH CAROLINA AG TAKES ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT HIT-AND-RUN PROMISES CRIMINALS 'WE'RE COMING FOR YOU' Any Customs and Dividing line Protection agent who helps middlemen is urgent their oath and putting our national measure at danger commented Acting U S Attorney Andrew Haden Rodriguez s lawyer Michael Hawkins announced the event is still in the early stages and reminded the populace that Rodriguez is presumed innocent We look forward to working through the current situation Hawkins declared calling Rodriguez hardworking and loyal It s not yet clear if Almonte has a lawyer In the past two years five CBP officers in the San Diego area have faced similar corruption charges CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe National Treasury Employees Union NTEU which represents CBP officers did not straightaway respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment
