A former customs agent received a 23-year prison sentence in federal court in San Diego on Oct. 25 for using his official position to allow illegal drugs to flow across the border into the United States.
Leonard Darnell George, 42, accepted bribes from two drug trafficking organizations in exchange for allowing unauthorized migrants and vehicles filled with methamphetamine and other illicit drugs—including fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin—to enter from Mexico, prosecutors said in a statement.
