LAPD Officer Arrested for Trying to Smuggle Illegal Aliens into U.S.

By The Daily Wire. A police officer in the Los Angeles Police Department was arrested this week on charges alleging that he tried to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.

Officials charged Mambasse Koulabalo Patara, who was arrested Tuesday at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint, with violating federal immigration laws, CBS Los Angeles reported.

During questioning, Koulabalo reportedly told Border Patrol agents that two passengers that he had with him in his vehicle were U.S. citizens. (Read more from “LAPD Officer Arrested for Trying to Smuggle Illegal Aliens into U.S.” HERE)

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LAPD Officer Arrested for Trying to Smuggle Immigrants Across Border

By CBS News. A Los Angeles police officer has been arrested on federal charges alleging he tried to smuggle two illegal immigrants into the United States this week in southeastern San Diego County.

Mambasse Koulabalo Patara has been charged with violating immigration laws, according to a federal complaint filed Wednesday.

He was arrested early Tuesday morning at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Pine Valley, located about 12 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border.

According to the complaint, at 12:15 a.m. Tuesday, Patara drove up to the checkpoint with two male passengers in a 2006 Toyota Corolla.

While being interviewed by Border Patrol agents, Koulabalo showed them his LAPD badge and stated he was off-duty, the complaint states. Agents later patted him down and found his service-issued gun in his waistband, the complaint reads. (Read more from “LAPD Officer Arrested for Trying to Smuggle Immigrants Across Border” HERE)

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