SAN DIEGO — Two U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges after admitting they allowed vehicles loaded with narcotics to pass through their inspection lanes at California ports of entry without scrutiny, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Officers Jesse Clark Garcia, 37, of San Diego, and Diego Bonillo, 30, of Chula Vista, each admitted to conspiring with a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization to smuggle large quantities of controlled substances into the United States.

Garcia, assigned to the Tecate Port of Entry, pleaded guilty on July 8 to nine felony counts, including conspiracy to import controlled substances and importation of cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl.

Bonillo, stationed at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, p

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