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Top Mexican official said to tip drug cartel about probe
Source: Associated Press
Top Mexican official said to tip drug cartel about probe
By MARK STEVENSON
Apr. 5, 2017 3:06 PM EDT
MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a major embarrassment for Mexican law enforcement, U.S. prosecutors said in documents made public Wednesday that the commander of the Mexican police's intelligence-sharing unit was passing information to the Beltran Leyva drug cartel in exchange for cash.
Ivan Reyes Arzate was named in a U.S. district court indictment, just hours after Mexico's federal police revealed an unnamed agent had been charged with obstructing an investigation.
What Mexican police commissioner Manelich Castilla did not reveal was that Ivan Reyes Arzate, the officer charged, was the commander of the federal police agency's sensitive investigative unit.
The U.S. indictment unsealed Wednesday in Chicago says Reyes Arzate was the top commander of the unit, whose officers were specially trained and vetted by the United States.
But Mike Vigil, a former chief of international operations for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, said there had been a problem with the special units since they were created: the top commanders refused to be vetted or submit to background checks, even though low-level agents were vetted.
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By MARK STEVENSON
Apr. 5, 2017 3:06 PM EDT
MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a major embarrassment for Mexican law enforcement, U.S. prosecutors said in documents made public Wednesday that the commander of the Mexican police's intelligence-sharing unit was passing information to the Beltran Leyva drug cartel in exchange for cash.
Ivan Reyes Arzate was named in a U.S. district court indictment, just hours after Mexico's federal police revealed an unnamed agent had been charged with obstructing an investigation.
What Mexican police commissioner Manelich Castilla did not reveal was that Ivan Reyes Arzate, the officer charged, was the commander of the federal police agency's sensitive investigative unit.
The U.S. indictment unsealed Wednesday in Chicago says Reyes Arzate was the top commander of the unit, whose officers were specially trained and vetted by the United States.
But Mike Vigil, a former chief of international operations for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, said there had been a problem with the special units since they were created: the top commanders refused to be vetted or submit to background checks, even though low-level agents were vetted.
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Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7b2551fd03d94512a34974d4c1ff492f/mexico-says-corrupt-cop-obstructed-drug-cartel-probe