SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation San Antonio Field Office issued the following press release:
DEL RIO, Texas - A former U.S. Border Patrol Agent pleaded guilty in a federal court in Del Rio today to defrauding the U.S. government by spending his official duty hours running a personal business while submitting time cards and collecting bi-weekly government paychecks, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Justin R. Simmons, in support ofthe Trump Administration's Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.
According to court documents, in addition to being a USBP agent, Ramon Heriberto Cerda Jr., 41, of Eagle Pass, owned and operated a business known as El Eagle Mail. On ...