The US Department of Justice is investigating a former officer of the Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) as one of the main contacts who facilitated the illegal access of Joaquín the Chapo Guzmán in the territory of this country.
According to an investigation by the US Attorney’s Office in the Arizona District, to which MILLENNI had access, Agent Jose Rosalio Fonts allowed the passage of the Mexican capo, as well as other traffickers from drugs and undocumented migrants.
Audios and WhatsApp messages held by US authorities, which are part of the investigation against Sources, reveal that he acknowledged that when he was in charge of the entrance bridge through the area of Nogales, Arizona, he left move on to the Sinaloa cartel leader.
According to Judgment Memorandum CR 18-02068-RM-EJM, the border agent’s statements caught the attention of U.S. judicial authorities, because “it demonstrates a reckless disregard for who and what was willing to enter the States United in exchange for bribes … the defendant allegedly helped several drug traffickers enter the United States illegally and even at one point illegally entered the Chapo, Ex-leader of the Sinaloa cartel “.
The file does not detail the date on which the agent allowed the illegal entry of Guzmán Loera.
the Chapo remain a fugitive from justice until 1993, when his first arrest took place. Then in 2001 he managed to escape from prison and remained at large until 2014. A year later he escaped again; he was apprehended and extradited in 2017.
José Rosalio Fonts is currently serving a sentence of 2 1/2 years in prison, in addition to which he will also have to remain 3 years on probation and pay a fine of $ 6,000.
The Arizona prosecution’s case against the former officer. (Special)
This sentence was handed down to him after a first case of acceptance of bribes was confirmed in exchange for allowing the illegal passage of a man who was wanted by the American justice.
The incident occurred on February 10, 2018, when the bribery scheme of the former agent was discovered, who that day allowed Joan Carles González-Vila, a criminal previously deported to Mexico, to return illegally to EU.
Border port security cameras captured how Fonts received two men, scanned only the identification of one but allowed the entry of both.
All this led to the former agent being investigated in detail. Thus it was discovered that he had previously allowed undocumented migrants to enter the US, many of them flagged for links to drug trafficking.
According to Justice Department investigations, Fonts earned about $ 4,000 per person.
Authorities detected that the former agent was in negotiations to allow methamphetamine to enter the US, although his arrest on October 24, 2018 prevented this from materializing.
In the case of González-Vila, Fuentes pleaded guilty and entered into a collaboration agreement with the US government, which continues investigations into how he facilitated the illegal access of the Chapo.
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