A Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent has been indicted on 10 counts of child sex trafficking and 14 other felony charges in a case before an Arizona court in Cochise County — along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Bart Conrad Yager was a Border Patrol agent in Willcox. Customs and Border Protection says its internal investigative wing arrested him last month based on allegations of child sex trafficking, fraud and pandering — a legal term for the act of encouraging someone to engage in prostitution.
Charging documents with the Cochise County Superior Court allege 39-year-old Yager engaged in sexual acts with one minor and pandering with another several times between July of 2023 and March of last year. He also faces two fraud charges and, most recently, several drug counts for possession of testosterone and other performance enhancing drugs.
As the Arizona Daily Star and Herald/Review Media first reported, Yager was also the suspect in a now-closed 2014 rape case in Tucson, court documents show, but the allegation was not investigated by CBP.
CBP says Yager is no longer with the agency but didn’t answer questions about the circumstances and timeline of his departure. The agency directed further questions to the Cochise County attorney.
Yager is next due in court in August.
Read the charging documents
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