Two Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have pleaded guilty to allowing drug-laden vehicles to enter the United States without being inspected at the U.S.–Mexico border, federal prosecutors said on July 28.
Jesse Clark Garcia, 37, and Diego Bonillo, 30, admitted to conspiring with members of a Mexican drug trafficking organization to allow vehicles carrying fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other controlled substances to enter through inspection lanes they were assigned to, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California.
Garcia and Bonillo were stationed at the Tecate Port of Entry and the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, respectively. Prosecutors alleged that Garcia and Bonillo used “a secret emoji-based code” to inform drug traffickers of their assigned lanes and work schedules, according to the indictment….