Judge tosses drug case amid claims that L.A. sheriff’s team targeted Latinos on I-5

By BEN POSTON and JOEL RUBIN

JUN 28, 2019 | 4:00 AM

Judge tosses drug case amid claims that L.A. sheriff’s team targeted Latinos on I-5

A deputy on the L.A. County sheriff's Domestic Highway Enforcement team inspects a car on the 5 Freeway last year.

A federal judge dismissed a drug trafficking case Thursday after defense attorneys argued that their clients were arrested by a controversial Los Angeles County sheriff’s team they accused of illegally singling out Latino drivers on a rural stretch of the 5 Freeway.

Defendants Jose Eduardo Carrillo and Miguel Angel Carrillo Garcia were arrested in September 2016 when a deputy on the team stopped their Acura SUV and found about 9 kilograms of methamphetamine in the back seat, according to court records.

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