Customs and Border Protection officers at Newark Airport alleged on Tuesday that they were subjected to sexually degrading hazing that included taping them to a 'rape table' and having other officers rub their genitalia against them while clothed.

The explosive allegations have prompted the Department of Homeland Security to launch an investigation, NBC 4 New York is reporting.

One of the officers who made the allegation, Diana Cifuentes, said that she is 'afraid for my life.'

'This is terrorizing. How is it that officers believe they're free to do whatever they want to do?' she told NBC 4 New York.

Cifuentes is one of three officers who work for the CBP's Passenger Enforcement Roving Team and who came forward with the allegations of hazing.

Three Customs and Border Patrol officers allege they were victims of sexually abusive hazing by colleagues while on duty at Newark Airport. The three officers are seen above from left: Vito Degironimo, Diana Cifuentes, and Dan Arencibia

Cifuentes said that on one occasion when she resisted being pinned down to a 'rape table,' she was chased by another officer

Arencibia (above) says that he suffered similar experiences which left him traumatized

Another officer, Vito Degironimo, corroborated Cifuentes' claims.

'Hazing wouldn't do this justice,' Degironimo said.

'This is complete assault. They take you in a room and your fellow officers are all watching as officers grab you.'

The officers claim that the hazing rituals were done in an isolated, secure room in Terminal C.

Inside the room, officers set up a so-called 'rape table' and then use duct tape to confine other officers to it.

The officers claim that the hazing rituals were done in an isolated, secure room in Terminal C at Newark Airport (seen above). Inside the room, officers set up a so-called 'rape table' and then use duct tape to confine other officers to it

No clothing is removed, though the perpetrators allegedly grind their genital regions against the victims.

'Once the lights go out, they grab you up like a gang, and they forcibly throw you on the table and one officer ended up mounting me and pretty much riding me like a horse,' Degironimo said.

'I'm grabbed by other officers against my will. I don't know how much more criminal you can get.'

Another officer, Dan Arencibia, says that he suffered similar experiences which left him traumatized.

Cifuentes said that on one occasion when she resisted being pinned down to 'the rape table,' she was chased by another officer.

'There was a back and forth between another officer and myself,' she said.

'He said, 'You deserve to be put on the rape table.' And that's when he started chasing me. … [Eventually] I was held down by another officer and one additional officer taped me with green customs tape to the chair.'

US Customs and Border Protection has pledged to cooperate with the investigation launched by the Department of Homeland Security. CBP headquarters in Washington, DC, is seen in the above stock photo

The ordeal only got worse as one of the officers then pulled a gun on her, according to Cifuentes.

'I was very afraid for my life,' she said.

'I took a deep breath and kept on typing like nothing was happening. I know that if I reacted either he was going to pull the trigger or I was going to draw the weapon myself and shoot him.'

The officers said they were hesitant to come forward with complaints because the alleged assailants because they were well-regarded by their superiors.

'People are too scared to go anywhere because these guys are well connected,' Degironimo said.

'Our immediate supervisors are best friends with these officers. The repercussions were that they removed the [rape] table. There was no punishment for the officers involved.'

Degironimo said that he and the other two officers eventually did file an internal complaint after months of abuse.

The three have now sought legal counsel in preparation for a possible lawsuit.

'This was armed hazing. It's an accident waiting to happen,' said their attorney, Patrick Metz.

'These are armed federal officers assaulting other armed federal officers. It's gang assault.'

CBP released a statement to NBC 4 New York saying: 'We do not tolerate corruption or abuse within our ranks, and we cooperate fully with all criminal or administrative investigations of alleged misconduct by any of our personnel, whether it occurs on or off duty.'