Posted on 03/09/2006 3:34:13 PM PST by LouAvul
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Two U.S. Border Patrol agents were arrested Thursday on charges of sneaking illegal immigrants out of jail in exchange for $300,000 in cash bribes.
Mario Alvarez, 44, and Samuel McClaren, 43, released inmates from an immigration jail to a smuggling ring that operates in El Centro, about 120 miles east of San Diego, according to a federal complaint filed in January and unsealed Thursday. The smugglers then allegedly took the migrants to Los Angeles.
The agents were assigned to a joint effort between the Border Patrol and Mexico's attorney general's office under which migrants arrested in the United States were deported to Mexico for prosecution, the complaint said. McClaren ran the program from July 2003 to the end of last year.
Some of the released inmates allegedly belonged to the smuggling ring. The complaint said the Border Patrol agents brought two smugglers across the border into the United States in a government vehicle in September 2004 and arranged the release of one of them from jail three months later in exchange for $10,000.
In October 2005, Alvarez signed a warrant that falsely stated a migrant was deported, when, in fact, he was dropped off at a Wal-Mart parking lot for $6,000, according to the complaint.
(Excerpt) Read more at modbee.com ...
Plus is the open border policy which has allowed an unlimited number of "legal" immigrants.
The America we once knew will soon be history.
Coyotes take on all forms -- :-)
There are bad apples in every barrel.
Yep ... the big 'old billion dollar fence would have stopped that ...
Actually, it probably would have. Fewer illegals means fewer opportunities for corruption.
CBP Ping.
"Actually, it probably would have. Fewer illegals means fewer opportunities for corruption."
?? Huh ? Didn't read the article ?
"The complaint said the Border Patrol agents brought two smugglers across the border into the United States in a government vehicle in September 2004"
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.