SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KESQ) – A former San Diego-based U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer who pleaded guilty to allowing vehicles containing drugs to pass through inspection lanes at the U.S.- Mexico border was sentenced today to 15 years in prison.
Diego Bonillo, 31, admitted to sharing when he was working and his lane assignments at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry with a drug trafficking organization, which allowed vehicles carrying fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin to pass undetected into the United States.
Prosecutors say Bonillo allowed these cars to cross 15 times between October of 2023 and February of 2024…