A 54-yearold Lyford man had entered a guilty plea to extortion under color of law, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.Patrick Gorena was a border investigator for Department of Transportation (DOT)’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.As part of his plea, Gorena admitted that when auditing a trucking company, he did not report safety violations that would have exposed the company to potential fines and the loss of their DOT license. In return, Gorena demanded $3,500.However, he ultimately accepted $2,000 from an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a representative of the trucking company.U.S. District Judge David Hittner will impose sentencing ...