Posted on 03/16/2015 5:28:28 PM PDT by Steelfish
LAPD Officer Accused of Trying To Smuggle Mexican citizen Across Border
By JOSEPH SERNA LAPD officer arrested at Otay Mesa border on suspicion of human smuggling is 10-year veteran LAPD officer charged with trying to smuggle man into U.S. A 10-year LAPD officer and a second person were charged by federal prosecutors Monday with trying to smuggle a Mexican citizen into the United States in the trunk of a car at the Otay Mesa border crossing.
Officer Carlos Curiel Quezada Jr., 34, and Angelica Godinez, 31, were stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers Saturday evening when they drove a white 2014 Nissan Juke through the border crossing.
The pair showed their passports and said they were headed to Mission Hills, according to the federal charging document. But when the car was inspected by a device that acts like an X-ray machine at a secondary inspection point, authorities noticed something unusual about the trunk.
When law enforcement popped the trunk, they found Antanasio Perez-Avalos, 26, hiding in the spare tire compartment, according to federal prosecutors.
Perez-Avalos “is a Mexican citizen with no legal ability to enter the United States,” U.S. Customs officials said.
Quezada and Godinez were charged with bringing in a person without presenting them to an appropriate immigration officer at a port of entry, according to the criminal complaint.
At a federal courtroom in San Diego on Monday, both pleaded not guilty, and Quezada's bail was set at $20,000.
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I wonder if they still think it was worth it?
Sure this looks bad, but Los Angeles still has the least corrupt police force in Mexico.
Not a joke.
What makes this newsworthy is that someone was stopped from illegally (you should excuse the expression) entering the country. Right?
Our own fifth column...wonderful.
He's just doing what most government agencies do, aid and abet this illegal conga-line of millions.
Sadly you are correct.
Why smuggle the illegals into the US?
They can just waltz across the border and receive an open arm welcome from Obama’s ICE.
Illegals helping each other
And as any cop knows, you get away with it 100 times before you get caught….
I don’t understand the big deal...
...isn’t the officer just doing the ‘President’s’ bidding?
/s
This was an act of love.
We are a captured operation.
“Quezada and Godinez were charged with...”
Wait a minute here. The law still frowns on this sort of thing? I thought under obama they kind of stopped enforcing our immigration laws... /s
This cop didn’t get the memo that only politicians and chamber of commerce types are allowed to profit from illegal immigration.
What a wasted effort..the illegal could have just strolled across the border, been given a voting ballot(To vote Dem of course) then move on to LA where he would have collected welfare, food stamps, and free healthcare
..we don’t need no stinkin’ badges!
LOL
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