U.S. border agent was paid by smugglers
Posted on Nov 7, 2007
in News & Views by PMC
A Border Patrol agent was paid $100 each time he scouted for a smuggling ring that moved illegal immigrants through the San Clemente checkpoint on Interstate 5, federal agents said in court papers unsealed yesterday.
Jose Olivas Jr., 45, an agent for 10 years, asked for a court-appointed lawyer during a brief hearing in federal court. Prosecutors said he should be denied bail because he might leave the area if freed.
His arrest on conspiracy to transport illegal immigrants is the latest in a string of corruption cases involving Border Patrol agents or border inspectors along the California-Mexico border.
Tags: Border corruption, CBP, JOse Olivas, smuggler
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