Former Border Patrol agent pleads guilty to smuggling woman into U.S. to work as her nanny
A former Customs and Border Protection agent pleaded guilty Friday to illegally bringing a Mexican woman across the border into the United States.
Rhonda Lee Walker, 40, used another officer’s computer login to scan the woman’s immigration documents at the Laredo Port of Entry on Jan. 2, according to the Department of Justice.
The Mexican woman, Yadira Yesenia Treviño-San Miguel, worked as Walker’s housekeeper and nanny, according to prosecutors.
Walker initially told investigators that Treviño-San Miguel was her aunt, which was not true. She also falsely claimed that Treviño-San Miguel was not paid.
After pleading guilty to conspiracy to encourage or induce a foreign national to enter the United States, Walker faces up to 10 years in prison and a possible $250,000 maximum fine at her sentencing on Aug. 9.
She was initially charged with conspiring to transport an illegal alien and making false statements.
