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| Subject: DEA agent accused of conspiring with cartel Sat Feb 22, 2020 3:50 am | |
| A former agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was arrested on charges that he laundered money for a Colombian drug cartel, according to The Associated Press. Jose Irizarry and his wife were arrested Friday at their home near San Juan, Puerto Rico, the AP reported. The arrest was made as part of a 19-count federal indictment that accused Irizarry of “secretly using his position and his special access to information” to divert millions in drug money from control of the DEA. “It’s a black eye for the DEA to have one of its own engaged in such a high level of corruption,” Mike Vigil, the DEA’s former Chief of International Operations, told the AP. “He jeopardized investigations. He jeopardized other agents and he jeopardized informants.”
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/484173-dea-agent-accused-of-conspiring-with-cartel-ap |
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