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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.
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
Prosecutors say Leonard George received at least $300,000 in bribes, while his attorney says co-defendants are seeking lighter sentences by blaming George