Jan 26th, 2011 |
By Michel Marizco
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Category: General News, Organized Crime
THE BORDER REPORT
This State Department cable out of Wikileaks caught my eye. 51 FBI informants and 10 DEA "liaison officers" were murdered in Mexico between 2007-09.
When we talk about American law enforcement in Mexico, we generally view the Americans as not being part of the game; for the most part, this has held true since the wars began.
But I wonder about these 61 informants and liaisons. Were the 51 also Mexican informants and therefore murdered for that connection or were they killed because of their ties to the Americans? Same for the 10 liaisons. Were they killed because they were Mexican intelligence officers or because they were working with the Americans?
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Tags: Arizona, Arturo Beltrán Leyva., border, caro quintero, carrillo, chapo guzman, cocaine, crime, DEA, drug trafficking, drugs, El Paso, FBI, Juarez, Juarez Cartel, marizco, Organized Crime, Sonora, trafficking, tucson Posted in General News, Organized Crime |
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Aug 13th, 2009 |
By Michel Marizco
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Category: General News, Organized Crime, Politics
THE BORDER REPORT
Cd. Juárez – A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent is being investigated on possible corruption charges after running an informant network that has imploded throughout the El Paso law enforcement community, a Mexican law enforcement source in Juárez said this morning.
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Tags: border, DEA, El Paso, FBI, ICE, Juarez, Mexico, Organized Crime, Sinaloa Posted in General News, Organized Crime, Politics |
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