Official criticizes U.S. handling of Mexican drug cartel killings

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Official criticizes U.S. handling of Mexican drug cartel killings

BY ALFREDO CORCHADO

The Dallas Morning News


EL PASO, Texas - (KRT) - In a newly released letter, a senior U.S. law enforcement official blasts a branch of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for its handling of a paid informant involved in a series of drug-related killings on the U.S.-Mexico border.

The letter, written by Sandalio Gonzalez, former special agent in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's El Paso office and a 32-year law enforcement veteran, accuses agents of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, and a U.S. prosecutor of obstructing justice and endangering the lives of American agents.

The letter, dated Feb. 24, 2004, corroborates information about the case first reported in The Dallas Morning News more than a year ago.

The newspaper reported that a man identified as Lalo had participated in a series of killings for a Mexican drug cartel while working as a paid informant for ICE, part of the Department of Homeland Security.


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