A former Border Patrol agent from Nogales, Arizona, Jorge J. Jimenez, has been sentenced to 78 months in prison after being found guilty by a jury of Conspiracy to Commit Honest Services Wire Fraud.
Jimenez was also fined $15,000, and a $100 Special Assessment.
Jimenez was employed as a United States Border Patrol Agent since 2010. At trial, the government showed that, between June 2024 and early October 2024, Jimenez was assigned to the I-19 Checkpoint, and conspired with at least two individuals located in Mexico, to allow previously agreed-upon “load” vehicles to pass through his designated checkpoint lane without inspection. The individuals in Mexico handled arrangements and the receipt of payment, and Jimenez allowed the vehicles to pass through his assigned lane and provided information about activities at the checkpoint to his coordinators.
Jimenez expected to be paid approximately $20,000, with the money exchanged in Mexico.
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