Arizona state police arrested a U.S. Border Patrol agent following a traffic stop where they found four suitcases with 50 bricks of cocaine. The agent said was traveling to Chicago where he was going to receive $50,000 for the trip.
Last week, Juan Pimentel went before U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce McDonald who formally charged him with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and ordered he be held without bond pending trial.
Troopers with the Arizona Department of Public Safety arrested Pimentel last Thursday following a traffic stop for a minor violation on the interstate highway known as I-10, court records obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed.
During the traffic stop, Pimentel said he was driving to Flagstaff Arizona and that he did not know who had rented the vehicle he was driving. When the trooper asked if he could search the vehicle, Pimentel identified as an agent, showed the trooper his badge and told him that he had a gun in his bag.
The trooper searched the vehicle and found four suitcases which were filled with small kilogram sized bundles, the trooper pullet out a knife and made a v-cut into one of the bricks and found it to be a white powder consistent with cocaine.
After his arrest, Pimentel told authorities that he was driving to Chicago and that he expected to receive $50,000 for the trip. While Arizona DPS made the arrest, the FBI ended up taking the case and filling the charges in federal court.
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PALMVIEW, Texas — One woman has died and at least 12 other were injured during a high speed chase that ended in a rollover as what appears to be human smugglers tried to evade authorities near the Texas/Mexico border. The vehicle crashed into another vehicle and rolled over, ejecting passengers onto the roadway.
The accident occurred on South Bentsen Palm Road in Palmview, Texas, according to trusted sources in the Border Patrol. This road leads from the Rio Grande River to one of the major highways in the area, U.S. 83.
The vehicle allegedly carrying the illegal aliens apparently got spooked when they spotted a Border Patrol vehicle, sources claimed. The vehicle then fled, crashing into another vehicle. The suspects vehicle overturned, ejecting one of the illegal aliens who died at the scene. Six others were transported to a hospital for treatment.
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