A San Diego-based U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer pleaded guilty Monday to federal drug importation charges for allowing vehicles containing drugs to pass through inspection lanes at the U.S.- Mexico border.

Diego Bonillo, 30, pleaded guilty to importing fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin, as well as conspiring to import drugs, just as he was set to go to trial for letting drivers pass through the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in drug-loaded vehicles.

Bonillo’s plea agreement states that as part of his role in the scheme, Bonillo “worked with a Mexican-based drug trafficking organization.”

Bonillo’s plea comes a few weeks after another San Diego-based CBP Officer, Jesse Clark Garcia, also pleaded guilty to multiple related charges.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said both men excha

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