U.S. border cop pleads guilty to drug trafficking

Thu May 22, 4:45 PM ET

A U.S. Border Patrol agent has pleaded guilty to trafficking more than one tonne of marijuana and using his patrol vehicle to transport it, prosecutors said on Thursday.

Agent Juan Luis Sanchez, 31, pleaded guilty at the U.S. District Court in Tucson, Arizona, to possession with intent to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, the U.S. Attorney's office said in a news release.

Sanchez admitted he used his patrol vehicle on six separate occasions to transport marijuana in the area around Nogales, in southern Arizona on the border with Mexico, and to accepting $45,000 in bribes.............

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