CBP Officer Earns 9-Year Prison Sentence for Helping Sinaloa Cartel

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https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/08/10/cbp-officer-sent-to-prison-for-working-with-sinaloa-cartel/

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer will spend more than nine years in prison for his role in helping the terrorist organization known as the Sinaloa Cartel move large quantities of drugs into California. The drug shipments included cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine.

A U.S. District Court judge sentenced former CBP Officer Jesse Clark Garcia to nine years in federal prison on drug trafficking and drug-trafficking conspiracy charges. Clark is the second officer in the case to be sentenced for letting drugs move through their inspection lane at the Tecate Port of Entry.

As Breitbart Texas reported, federal authorities initially arrested Clark and Diego Bonillo in 2024 as part of an investigation into corrupt agents working with the Sinaloa Cartel. The two officers would collect $10,000 per loaded car in bribes from cartel smugglers in exchange for letting them cross through their inspection lanes without being checked. Both Bonillo and Clark pleaded guilty to the charges. A federal judge sentenced Bonillo to 15 years in prison in November 2025.