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SAN DIEGO<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Federal<\/a>U.S. Border Patrol Supervisory Agent Martin Rene Duran<\/strong> was arrested last week and charged with using his official position to create bogus alerts in a border-security law enforcement database.<\/span><\/p>\n

This was allegedly done so a lawful U.S. resident and frequent border crosser would be repeatedly detained by Customs and Border Protection officers, sometimes at gunpoint, officials announced Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to a complaint unsealed in federal court today, Duran\u2019s target<\/strong> was a man who had instigated a criminal investigation i<\/strong>n Mexico of Duran\u2019s brother-in-law, Raymundo Estrada Figueroa.<\/strong> He\u00a0is accused of raping and abusing the man\u2019s 11-year-old son for two years. <\/span><\/p>\n

Estrada, 48, was a boyfriend of the child\u2019s mother at the time; the abuse is alleged to have taken place between 2010 and 2013 in Tijuana.<\/span><\/p>\n

Estrada, of Chula Vista, is charged\u00a0with two counts of traveling from the United States to Mexico to engage in illicit sexual conduct, officials allege.<\/span><\/p>\n

One count relates to the border crosser\u2019s son; the other is in connection to that boy\u2019s half-brother.<\/span><\/p>\n

Duran, a supervisor at the Imperial Beach Border Patrol Station, was taken into custody at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry; Estrada was arrested at his Chula Vista home.<\/span><\/p>\n

Duran is charged with falsification of records\/obstruction, \u00a0and deprivation of rights under color of law, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Duran and Estrada appeared in federal court today; both will remain in custody until a detention hearing on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The border crosser who reported the sexual abuse of his son is identified in court documents only by his initials, \u201cR.C.\u201d to protect his son\u2019s identity, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the complaint, R.C. – a Mexican national and legal U.S. resident with no criminal background – was sent to secondary and detained on five occasions at the San Ysidro border crossing in 2013 based on the false alerts entered by Duran into the system.<\/span><\/p>\n

The system is known as TECS, which is the principal database used by officers at the border to assist with screening and determinations regarding admissibility of arriving persons.<\/span><\/p>\n

Duran\u2019s alerts indicated, among other things, that R.C. was \u201cknown to carry firearms,\u201d and that he was \u201cassociated with recent threats to CBP personnel.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Every time he was detained, no weapons or contraband were found and R.C. was released. <\/span><\/p>\n

On one occasion, R.C. and his wife were removed from their vehicle, handcuffed, separated from their minor children, escorted to the security office and put in a holding cell for almost two hours before they were released, the complaint said.<\/span><\/p>\n

R.C. believed the 46-year-old Duran was trying to pressure him into dropping the charges against Estrada in Mexico, the complaint said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Duran is charged with five counts of unlawfully causing the detentions while acting under color of law, thereby willfully depriving R.C. of his Constitutional rights to liberty and freedom from unreasonable seizures, and three counts of falsification of records and obstruction.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a separate complaint also unsealed yesterday, Duran was charged with firearms violations related to the purchase of guns in Arizona. <\/span><\/p>\n

The complaint alleges that Duran falsely claimed under penalty of perjury that he was a resident of Arizona when, in fact, he lived in Chula Vista.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis type of corruption is in a category all by itself,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy<\/strong>. \u201cWhen an officer turns on those he is supposed to protect, and uses his significant power against law-abiding people who had faith in him, it\u2019s a special kind of betrayal.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“This investigation was a collaborative effort among a number of federal law enforcement agencies and demonstrates our commitment to address allegations of criminal misconduct by CBP employees,\u201d said Kathryn Butterfield, Special Agent in Charge of Internal Affairs for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in San Diego.<\/strong> \u201cEvery CBP employee shares responsibility for promoting integrity and for meeting mission demands while sustaining the trust and confidence of the public we serve. An overwhelming majority of CBP personnel perform their duties with honor and distinction on a daily basis. However, CBP does not tolerate those who tarnish the badge and the agency\u2019s reputation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Duran and Estrada are presumed innocent until proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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