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Nearly 80 have been arrested in the last five years;
hundreds more under investigation
hundreds more under investigation
In the Mexican drug war, U.S. authorities are finding a disturbing trend: an increase in American law enforcement officials corrupted by wealthy Mexican criminals who pay them to look the other way as illegal drugs and immigrants flow north into the United States.
"It is the single most debilitating factor in successful law enforcement on the border, and we do a horrible job of weeding that corruption out, says retired DEA supervisor Anthony Coulson.
In the last five years, nearly 80 U.S. Border Patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers have been arrested along the Mexican border, and according to federal authorities, hundreds more officials are under investigation.
Once they cross the line, they are criminals, criminals that are in our uniform, explains Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner David Aguilar.
Corruption runs deep
At a U.S. Senate hearing, it was revealed that Mexican cartel members are infiltrating American law enforcement. There was also testimony that during a hiring push that began five years ago to add thousands of Border Patrol and CBP officers, only 10 percent of the initial applicants were given polygraph tests.
Of those, 60 percent failed, raising concerns about the integrity of the others hired without screening.
"A very large percentage of those they don't test run into trouble within a year or two of being hired, says Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark..
Along the border, the federal authorities aren't the only ones facing corruption problems. Local authorities, including sheriffs and police officers, have also succumbed to the lure of drug money.
Read more at:
Mexican cartels corrupting more US border officials? - World news - Americas - Focus on Mexico - msnbc.com
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Only 10% are polygraphed? No wonder you have so much corruption! Hell, if you want to stop corruption, polygraphs should be given once a year.