DEA agent who captured El Chapo in 2014 says Mexican feds were excluded from manhunt as they couldn't be trusted - NY Daily News
Molly Crane-Newman
DEA agent who captured El Chapo in 2014 says Mexican feds were excluded from manhunt as they couldn't be trusted
The DEA agent who led the hunt that culminated in El Chapo’s 2014 capture said Mexican federal police were left out of the loop because they simply couldn’t be trusted.
Victor J. Vasquez, a group supervisor with the Drug Enforcement Administration, was the lead U.S. liaison officer embedded on the ground with members of the Mexican marine corps (SEMAR) in the 2014 manhunt for leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel.
The decision was made early on not to involve members of the Mexican federal police following multiple botched attempts to capture the fugitive drug lords, which Vasquez attributed Wednesday to rampant police corruption.
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https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ex-dea-agent-in-nogales-sentenced-to-probation-for-illegal/article_fcd07b5f-3a84-5677-91ce-d7bfb7bd7918.htmlEx-DEA agent in Nogales sentenced over gun running to Mexico.
Corruption is a fact of life in Mexico, maybe a way of life... but we are not immune from it.
