Is it just me or are we seeing much more of this ?

Ex-BP agent in Laredo, wife in smuggling conspiracy

01/17/2008

Associated Press

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

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