Thread: Mexico Police Chief Bribes BP Agent

Mex. police chief pleads guilty to bribing Border Patrol agent

02:23 PM MST on Friday, July 13, 2007

Associated Press

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- A change of plea from a Mexican police chief accused of trying to bribe a Border Patrol agent in Arizona.


The U.S. Attorney's Office says 32-year-old Roman Robles-Cota pleaded guilty in federal court in Tucson to bribery of a U.S. public official. He faces up to 15 years in prison when he's sentenced in October.


Robles-Cota was the chief of police in the Mexican town of Sonoyta (so-NOY'-tah), on the border with Arizona, when he was arrested in March 2005.


Prosecutors allege Robles-Cota had offered bribes to a Border Patrol agent on behalf of a Mexican drug ring smuggling marijuana into the U.S..


The agent alerted his higher-ups, saying he had been offered $25,000 for each time he helped allow a drug vehicle to cross the border.


Robles-Cota and another officer were arrested a week after Robles-Cota allegedly gave the agent an 80,000-dollar advance in Tucson.


The other man was sentenced in June of last year to the 15 months he had already spent in custody.


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The other man was sentenced in June of last year to the 15 months he had already spent in custody.

Was his sorry a** deported the hell out of here?

Based on what we've seen in the past that agent needs to see if there's a lawyer willing to represent him for the charges he will be facing soon -that is if he isn't wacked before then. Certainly he can never do his original job duties again. It will be interesting to see how much time this guy gets.

Originally Posted by Expendable

Based on what we've seen in the past that agent needs to see if there's a lawyer willing to represent him for the charges he will be facing soon -that is if he isn't wacked before then. Certainly he can never do his original job duties again. It will be interesting to see how much time this guy gets.

I'm sure Johnny Sutton will put this BP agent away too. It was racist to NOT accept the bribe according to him!