Border drug smuggling arrests and convictions

Federal authorities have secured convictions and sentences against multiple individuals involved in drug smuggling operations at the U.S.-Mexico border, including a former CBP officer sentenced to nine years for facilitating Sinaloa Cartel trafficking and separate cases involving cocaine seizures and immigrant smuggling conspiracies.

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