A former U.S. Customs officer has been convicted of accepting bribes to let drug-filled vehicles into the United States from Mexico, giving traffickers a one-hour window to reach his lane at a San Diego border crossing and pocketing at least $13,000 per vehicle, officials said Thursday. Prosecutors say Leonard Darnell George, a Customs and Border Protection officer working for two separate criminal organizations, allowed at least 19 crossings between late 2021 to June 2022. The vehicles containe
A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was convicted of accepting bribes to let drug-filled cars enter the United States from Mexico. Authorities say Leonard Darnell George would give
Leonard George claimed drug traffickers wanted to scapegoat him, but a federal jury needed only hours to convict him on four of five bribery, drug and immigration charges
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was convicted in San Diego federal court this week of taking bribes to allow drug- laden vehicles across the U.S.-Mexico border.