Former Border Patrol Agent Acquitted of Sexual Battery and False Imprisonment Charges

A former San Diego County-based U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of on-duty sex crimes was acquitted this week of sexual battery and false imprisonment charges related to two women.

Juan Angel Prishker, who spent nearly two decades with U.S. Customs and Border Protection before resigning, was found not guilty of the charges by a San Diego jury on Thursday.

Prosecutors alleged he groped a detained migrant woman, then one year later prevented another woman from leaving his presence after showing her pictures of his genitals.

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