According to the sentencing materials, Bonillo used his proceeds to travel internationally, purchase luxury gifts, buy tickets to world-championship fights, purchase property in Mexico and on strippers at the Hong Kong Gentlemen’s Club in Tijuana,

Immigration advocates warn that U.S. Border Patrol officers have tended to act more aggressively during arrests than ICE agents.

A former Customs and Border Protection officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to working with Mexican traffickers to bring drugs into the U.S. Diego Bonillo pleaded guilty in July to multiple charges,

Channel 9 is keeping an eye on developments throughout the day as immigration enforcement is expected to ramp up.

Federal officials have confirmed that U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel will be arriving in the Charlotte area as early as this weekend.

In a written release last May concerning airport runway and construction projects statewide, the Metropolitan Airports Commission announced it was set to begin construction later in the year on a stand-alone U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in St. Paul “that will improve processing of international passengers and cargo.”

The agency patrols 6,000 miles of international border between the United States, Mexico and Canada. It also watches over the 2,000 miles of coastal waters surrounding the Florida Peninsula and the Island of Puerto Rico, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website.

The Trump administration is planning to dispatch Border Patrol agents to Charlotte and New Orleans to oversee immigration operations that could involve armored vehicles and special operations teams.

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