Former CBP Officer Indicted on Charges of Smuggling Migrants Into South Texas

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A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer who used to work at a Laredo port of entry has been indicted on charges of smuggling migrants, according to U.S. Attorney Alamdar Hamdani. The post Former CBP Officer Indicted on...

A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer who used to work at a Laredo port of entry has been indicted on charges of smuggling migrants, according to U.S. Attorney Alamdar Hamdani.

Emanuel Celedon, 36, was scheduled to make an initial appearance Friday in Laredo on the new charges which accuse him of illegally smuggling four undocumented migrants from Mexico across the border into the United States.

Celedon had previously been charged with bribery and drug trafficking, Hamdani said.

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