Yes, with all the news about building a border wall to close down the southern border due to illegal immigration and crime, another DEA (Department of Drug Enforcement) agent, in a string of many, has been “implicated” in a $7 million drug money laundering conspiracy. In fact, he is accused of setting up an underground drug network with the very drug cartels that the U.S. claims to be fighting in Columbia.
According to this AP article, the agent in question, Jose Isizarry, is absent, and his whereabouts are unknown. There is also no information as to whether he has even been charged with a crime. But the DEA is supposedly shocked by this, and worried about scrutiny of their dealings in the Columbian office. Imagine that?
They are “shocked,” but many of his co-workers and supervisors attended his yacht parties with bikini clad prostitutes, knew of his expensive first class international travel, his expensive jewelry, his new home in Cartagena, and a very expensive new vehicle. He had even filed bankruptcy with debts of over $500,000 years before, but that did not apparently raise any red flags at the DEA, as he was still allowed to handle financial transactions for the agency. In fact, he was considered by the DEA as a “superstar” in the agency. I bet he was! He was the model government agent as described by law enforcement officials, this what most government agents would like to emulate.
Obviously little of what Irizarry was doing was hidden, so it seems that it was allowed by higher ups, at least until he got caught. Then it became such a surprise to those in charge at the DEA. I could not make this stuff up.
I wonder how many other agents and supervisors were involved and complicit in this money laundering ring? Given that the DEA and especially the CIA run more drugs than any cartel, how could one even guess?
The most corrupt of criminals are those who claim to be legitimate fighters of crime for the state, while actually being the most prolific criminals on the street. This description fits many in government, but the hypocrisy here is deadly.
Why does the U.S. have government offices in Columbia, and why does this criminal government have offices anywhere else outside U.S. borders?
Maybe every other country should be building border walls to keep out the U.S. government. That makes much more sense than the U.S. building a wall to keep out refugees.
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