Retired president of National Border Patrol Union indicted for fraud

SAN DIEGO - The retired president of the National Border Patrol Union was indicted by a federal grand jury today on charges he used his position he held for more than two decades to divert hundreds of thousands of dollars in union funds for personal use.

Terence J. Bonner, 59, faces charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and forfeiture of ill-gotten gains in connection with a scheme to defraud some 14,000 dues-paying union members.

According to the indictment, Bonner sought and obtained payment for supposedly union-related work and travel that was, in fact, personal in nature....