Thread: Ex-BP Agent in Laredo, Wife in Smuggling Conspiracy...

This is a perfect example of what's happening every single day! I've heard about it for years! The ONLY deterrent is to enforce the existing immigration laws! Period! Even if the border is secured and a wall is erected...this sort of stuff will go on FOREVER! Mexico is CORRUPT! And so are many of the agents at the border crossing!

(Apologies if this is a duplicate)


Jan. 17, 2008, 4:32PM

Ex-BP agent in Laredo, wife in smuggling conspiracy


© 2008 The Associated Press


LAREDO, Texas — Calls from a Border Patrol agent's wife to him while he was on duty helped illegal immigrants on buses slip through a checkpoint.

Prosecutors say 32-year-old David Cruz and 35-year-old Susana Lopez-Portillo De Cruz pleaded guilty Thursday in Laredo to conspiring to transport and harbor illegal immigrants.

The case involved three 2007 incidents — in January, July and September — when a total of 25 illegal immigrants were bused from Laredo.

Prosecutors say Cruz would get calls from his wife letting him know the number of a particular bus and when it likely would reach his checkpoint so he could let it pass.

Cruz resigned in September.

The husband and wife face a maximum 10 years in prison and $250,000 fines.

A third person was arrested Jan. 9 and remains in custody without bond on similar charges.


http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5464488.html

The real sad thing is once they are sentenced they will probably spend less time in jail than Ramos and Compean.

This ex- border patrol guard and his wife are traitors to the safety and security of our country and should have been tried with treason.

Ramos and Compean are heros for attempting to defend our country and look at what happened to them.