A former U.S. Border Patrol agent has again been indicted on federal charges including money laundering.
Raimundo Borjas was originally indicted in April 2013 after he made numerous suspicious cash deposits to a credit union in Cochise County. The revised indictment includes 10 counts of money laundering in addition to the original charges of structuring the deposits to avoid detection.
Court documents, filed in U.S. District Court, show Borjas made nine cash deposits in 2012 between August and October totaling $61,600.
The U.S. attorney for the District of Arizona accuses Borjas of structuring, which is intentionally keeping deposit amounts below $10,000 to avoid filing a federally required banking report.
The deposits also raised alarms because much of the cash was in dirty, frayed bills that were riddled with holes.
The revised indictment says Borjas took the money from Agua Prieta, Sonora, and deposited it in the Douglas-area credit union knowing the money represented the proceeds from a cocaine distribution operation.
Borjasβ attorney, Stephen G. Ralls, said his client denies the charges.
βHe disputes the entirety of the allegations made against him,β Ralls said.
Borjas remains suspended without pay from his Border Patrol duties pending the outcome of the case.
The case is scheduled for trial in July.
