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Top Mexican cop leaked sensitive info to drug cartels, prosecutors charge

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Dissent

Jason Meisner reports:

As a top Mexican police commander, Ivan Reyes Arzate was trusted for years with the most sensitive information surrounding U.S. investigations of dangerous cartel drug traffickers, from notorious Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the violent offshoot faction known as Beltran-Leyva.

But last fall, after secret details about a Chicago-based probe mysteriously wound up in the hands of the cartel, agents intercepted a stunning conversation between drug traffickers talking about meeting with a law enforcement officer named Ivan.

Read more on Chicago Tribune.


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