Lawman who let cars loaded with cocaine pass through highway checkpoint 'betrayed all those who wear a badge,' feds say

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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A former Border Patrol agent will spend 78 months in prison for taking bribes from drug traffickers.

Between June and October 2024, Jorge J. Jimenez used his position as a border agent to allow certain vehicles loaded with drugs pass through without inspection at the Interstate 19 checkpoint in southern Arizona, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said on Monday.

Prosecutors proved Jimenez, 54, conspired with individuals in Mexico to let the loads belonging to various Mexican drug tr

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