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Two Border Patrol suspected of smuggling believed to have fled

SAN DIEGO (AP) - A federal law enforcement official says two U-S Border Patrol agents under investigation for smuggling migrants and drugs into the United States have disappeared.

Authorities fear the agents, who are brothers, were tipped off to the probe and fled, perhaps to Mexico. That's according to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the case.

The source says the agents were suspected of working for Mexican-based organizations to smuggle Mexicans and Brazilians into the United States. They allegedly picked up migrants who crossed the border on their own while they were on patrol and took them to a driver.

The source said the brothers didn't show up for work Monday and later told supervisors that they were quitting due to a family illness.