The Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Friday that two border patrol officers have been arrested for allegedly taking bribes to allow cars with illegal immigrants to cross the border into the United States.
Farlis Almonte and Ricardo Rodriguez were arrested on March 24 on charges of conspiring to smuggle illegal immigrants into the country for financial gain, according to a criminal complaint unsealed on April 4.
They were accused of letting dozens of cars carrying illegal immigrants to pass through the immigration inspection lanes at the San Ysidro Port of Entry—one of the world’s busiest land border crossings, connecting San Diego and Mexico’s Tijuana—from August 2024 to January 2025….