A pair of border patrol agents based in Southern California are accused of taking thousands of dollars in bribes to allow vehicles carrying undocumented migrants to pass unchecked through the nation’s busiest port of entry, prosecutors said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers Farlis Almonte and Ricardo Rodriguez, both of whom manned inspection booths at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, are facing a series of federal charges in connection with the scheme, including conspiracy to bring in aliens for financial gain and receipt of bribes by a public official.
