EL PASO -- Agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a technician with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Wednesday.

Martha Alicia Garnica, 43, is accused of conspiring to smuggle pot into the U.S. Thursday morning, Garnica was walked by ICE agents from the county detention facility to the federal courthouse Downtown.

A spokesman with CBP tells ABC-7 Garnica responsibilities as a technician include assisting with the management of the agency's vehicle fleet, the up keeping of agency facilities, and other management support duties at area ports of entry.

Garnica appeared before a federal judge for the first time and heard the charges against her. Officials with the U.S. District Attorney's Office said Carlos Francisco Ramirez-Rosalez, 40; and Edgar Ely Meraz, 23, were arrested along with Garnica at her east El Paso home. All are charged with Conspiracy to Import Marijuana.

The indictment also states Garnica is charged with Conspiracy to Smuggle Undocumented Immigrants, two counts of Bribery of a Public Official, and a count of Importation of a Controlled Substance.

Ramirez-Rosalez is also charged with Conspiracy to Smuggle an Undocumented Immigrant, Bribery of a Public Official; and Importation of a Controlled Substance. Meraz is also charged with Importation of a Controlled Substance.

The indictment states Ramirez-Rosalez and Garnica conspired to smuggle pot into the U.S. since April 2009. It further states that both also conspired to smuggle undocumented immigrants from October first to October eleventh of this year.

On October 11th, Garnica allegedly offered bribes of $500 and $3,500 to a CBP officer to allow the smuggling of a controlled substance and undocumented immigrants into the U.S.

The indictment further states the federal government is seeking a million dollars in a monetary settlement with the accused and is asking for the criminal forfeiture of any property used in the alleged schemes. If convicted, each defendant faces between ten years and life in a federal prison.

------By News/Web Producer Joe Villasana