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Posted on 02/05/2011 11:53:28 PM PST by moonshinner_09
For nearly two decades, Lorne Leslie Jones worked among the smog-choked inspection lanes at the border crossings in San Ysidro and Otay Mesa, one of hundreds of uniformed customs officers tasked with guarding gateways into the U.S.
But something set Jones apart from his colleagues, federal prosecutors say — that for almost half the time he was a Customs and Border Protection officer, the ex-Marine known as “Hammer” accepted an estimated $500,000 in bribes to allow into the country an untold number of illegal immigrants and thousands of pounds of marijuana hidden in massive tractor trailers.
(Excerpt) Read more at signonsandiego.com ...
Hulka, in La Zona de Tolerancia that is the 4-state border region with Mexico, many members of the Border Patrol, and many more LEO's, are compromised. Period. Those who are not, are as you point out, in danger from both sides of the fence and both sides of the "law."
As far as family ties to Mexico are concerned, that is also a major problem, IMNSVHO. Of course, recruitment is confined to American citizens. Also of course there are many honest, dedicated agents and LEOs, like your son and his colleagues. In fact, they are a majority. How big a majority is the question. But am sure your son will confirm that it doesn't take many bad ones to wreck a good outfit.
He wasn't a Border Patrolman, he was a CBP Inspector.
Those chaps working the check point booth set-up at the border are also a fine body of men. It's just that many of them don't have fine bodies. OTOH, The BP agents often look pretty tough and able to handle stuff.
Also after a week on the job, the CBP guys' lungs must look like the inside of a Franklin stove. BTW, Tijuana caters to corruption with a very fine assortment of Swiss and Cayman Island type banking set-ups.
Those chaps working the check point booth set-up at the border are also a fine body of men. It's just that many of them don't have fine bodies. OTOH, The BP agents often look pretty tough and able to handle stuff.
Also after a week on the job, the CBP guys' lungs must look like the inside of a Franklin stove. BTW, Tijuana caters to corruption with a very fine assortment of Swiss and Cayman Island type banking set-ups.
IMHO, the Border Patrol is completely compromised, from top to bottom.
From the article - there are now 58000 employees and there have been 123 arrests since 2004. That works out to .0021% - hardly a meaningful pattern.
If you divide that number by 7 (2004-2011) you find out that .0003% a year are arrested.
There are bad folks in every occupation. Would you tear down a 2 story house for a few bad bricks?
These people are a great deal higher in profile than most, so the bad'uns stick out more. However, just as in a town where the Mafia runs rampant, or there is large scale dope dealing, the cops are in on it ... and they also do their jobs of protecting the citizens pretty well, too.
The low rate of bad-BP and CPB arrests doesn't mean there aren't a lot more bad boys out there. See "iceberg," as in "tip of."
I’m talking about smaller international airports along the southern border. (co-) Operations, Customs, Security, etc. whose partners in crime and their cargo get through one way or another.
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