Two US border inspectors at the San Ysidro Port in California have been charged with taking thousands of dollars in bribes to allow people to enter the country without showing documents.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers Farlis Almonte and Ricardo Rodriguez allegedly took thousands of dollars to allow undocumented individuals into the U.S., as detailed in a criminal complaint unsealed on April 3, 2025.
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Farlis and Ricardo, who were assigned to immigration inspection booths at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, were charged after investigators found evidence on their phone.
The phone evidence showed they had exchanged messages with human traffickers in Mexico and discovered unexplained cash deposits into their bank accounts
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According to prosecutors, the officers waved dozens of vehicles carrying people without documents. Surveillance video also showed at least one instance in which a vehicle with a driver and a passenger stopped at a checkpoint but only the driver was documented as having entered the country
