U.S. Border Patrol Agent Charged With Smuggling Pot
A U.S. Border Patrol Agent appeared in federal court yesterday charged with smuggling 750 pounds of marijuana across the border. The cops caught the agent after a high-speed chase. Pretty ballsy, he was even using an official Border Patrol vehicle. He also had a non-documented immigrant with him.
FBI agents began watching Higareda after learning of a supposed plan to move a giant drug stash over the border from Mexico to a house in Calexico, California using a marked U.S. Border Patrol car, the complaint said. Agents said they watched Higareda meet with another driver at a customs checkpoint, then chased him "at high speeds" about 20 miles to Holtville, California.
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