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Mexico’s ex-security czar gets 38 years for cartel bribes. Is he the first of many?
2 months, 1 week ago

Mexico’s ex-security czar gets 38 years for cartel bribes. Is he the first of many?

LA Times  

In the history of narco-corruption in Mexico, no higher-ranking official than Genaro García Luna has ever faced justice in the United States. “You cannot parade this series of awards… it doesn’t wash, it doesn’t add up.” Cogan, who also presided over the case of El Chapo, told the former security chief: “You have the same kind of thuggishness as El …

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‘Little dark secret': DEA agent on trial accused of taking $250K in bribes from Mafia
10 months ago

‘Little dark secret': DEA agent on trial accused of taking $250K in bribes from Mafia

Associated Press  

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The way prosecutors tell it, Joseph Bongiovanni went to work for years with a “little dark secret.” Behind the veneer of a veteran U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent, they alleged, was a turncoat on the take from the Buffalo Mafia, offering an “umbrella of protection” that derailed investigations of his childhood friends, covered for a sex-trafficking strip …

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Mexican president hopes ex security chief will turn informer
1 year, 10 months ago

Mexican president hopes ex security chief will turn informer

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president said Wednesday he hopes that the former Mexican security chief convicted this week in the U.S. of bribe-taking will cooperate with prosecutors there and perhaps implicate former Mexican presidents. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he hopes Genaro Garcia Luna will make a deal with prosecutors to reduce his sentence, in exchange for testifying about …

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Veteran Miami DEA agents charged in bribery conspiracy
2 years, 7 months ago

Veteran Miami DEA agents charged in bribery conspiracy

Associated Press  

A current U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent and a former supervisor in the agency were charged Friday with leaking confidential law enforcement information to defense lawyers in Miami in exchange for $70,000 in cash. A five-count indictment unsealed in New York charges the agent, John Costanzo Jr., with accepting bribes to provide sensitive information about pending investigations to Manny Recio, …

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Former DEA agent sentenced to 135 months for taking bribes
2 years, 7 months ago

Former DEA agent sentenced to 135 months for taking bribes

Associated Press  

— A former Drug Enforcement Administration agent who admitted to taking thousands of dollars in bribes from a drug trafficker was sentenced Wednesday to more than 11 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Brian Miller sentenced Nathan Koen, who pleaded guilty last year to one count of bribery, to 135 months in prison and two years of supervised release. Federal …

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Maduro ally Saab was DEA informant before arrest, records show
2 years, 10 months ago

Maduro ally Saab was DEA informant before arrest, records show

Al Jazeera  

Alex Saab, an ally of the Venezuelan president, agreed in 2018 to cooperate with the US drug agency, documents show. Alex Saab, a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, cooperated with United States authorities for nearly a year starting in 2018 by forfeiting funds and serving as a confidential source, according to a US court filing unsealed on Wednesday. …

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Disgraced DEA agent sentenced to 13 years in corruption case
3 years, 4 months ago

Disgraced DEA agent sentenced to 13 years in corruption case

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — A prolific narcotics agent known as the “white devil” among drug traffickers was sentenced Thursday to more than 13 years behind bars for stealing money from suspects, falsifying government records and committing perjury during a federal trial. U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo said the longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent, Chad A. Scott, caused “far reaching” …

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Former DEA agent sentenced to 13 years in corruption case
3 years, 4 months ago

Former DEA agent sentenced to 13 years in corruption case

LA Times  

Chad Scott, a prolific narcotics agent known as the “white devil” among drug traffickers, is shown in his booking photo. A prolific narcotics agent known as the “white devil” among drug traffickers was sentenced Thursday to more than 13 years behind bars for stealing money from suspects, falsifying government records and committing perjury during a federal trial. U.S. District Judge …

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