SAN DIEGO (CNS) – A San Diego-based U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer pleaded guilty this week to federal drug importation charges for allowing vehicles containing drugs to pass through inspection lanes at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Jesse Clark Garcia pleaded guilty on Tuesday in San Diego federal court to nine counts related to the importation of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine.
Court documents filed by prosecutors last year cited confidential sources alleging Garcia was paid “tens of thousands of dollars per vehicle he admitted into the United States.”…