MCALLEN, TEXAS (AP) -- Customs officials say Mexican drug cartels are infiltrating federal law enforcement agencies along the southwest border, and those charged with weeding them out say they don't have the money to catch every corrupt agent.
Assistant commissioner with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Internal Affairs James Tomsheck told a Senate panel Thursday that about one in 10 new hires at the agency take polygraph tests, and 60 percent of those are deemed unsuitable for employment.
The Associated Press reported last year that four applicants for border protection jobs were not hired when polygraph tests and background checks confirmed they were infiltrators from drug trafficking operations.
U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor called Tomsheck's figures alarming.
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