News The Cienfuegos affair: inside the case that upended America's drug war

[Burnt Offerings]

Interesting long-form piece by ProPublica on a loss the DEA took in Mexico

Inside the Case that Upended America’s Drug War

Two years ago, the DEA arrested a Mexican general, hoping to lay bare the high-level corruption at the heart of organized crime. Then the case fell apart — and took down U.S.-Mexican cooperation on drug policy with it.

www.propublica.org

 

[neversickanymore]

I think they utterly flipped Cienfuegos and that’s why he was let go.

 

[Burnt Offerings]

Who were they looking to get who was higher in the food chain than Cienfuegos was?

 

[neversickanymore]

All the traffickers

 

[Burnt Offerings]

I guess we'll see. If a bunch of drug traffickers a la el chapo start getting extradited to the USA, maybe..