By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
A Border Patrol agent has been charged with bribery after prosecutors allege he accepted $10,000 in bribes to deliver what he believed was methamphetamine and cocaine dropped off at the border fence with Mexico.
Noe Lopez, 36, is accused of receiving the cash from a confidential government source lat week for delivering the phony drugs, the Associated Press reports.
Lopez was placed on unpaid leave.
“Border Patrol agents are held to the highest standards, and we remain committed to performing our duties for the American people in the most professional way,” said Richard Barlow, chief of the Border Patrol’s San Diego sector.
Lopez is a 10-veteran of the agency.
