Tuesday, September 20, 2011
When both sides profit from a system, it will continue
And it does not matter whether that system is commerce or law enforcement. The latest example is the drug trade. According to a couple of undercover informants who have come in from the cold, the drug cartels and the law enforcement agencies assigned to stopping them have reached an outrageous modus vivendi.
Greg Gonzales, a retired sheriff's deputy, and Wesley Dutton, a former New Mexico livestock investigator, told The El Paso Times that the FBI uncovered some "big names" in the course of one investigation, but it was dropped without result.If the law stops all the drugs then what need will we have of all those people? They have to work together to insure that we still need them.
Both men helped with several investigations during their 18 months as confidential informants, the report says, including one that ended with the arrest of FBI special agent John Shipley, who was allegedly selling guns to cartel members.
But far from a sole bad apple, these two whistleblowers claim drug cartels wield tremendous influence over law enforcement and elected officials, even throwing fundraisers and parties attended by "bankers, judges, and law enforcement officers." Large campaign contributions, they added, have been made to help influence key appointments.
And perhaps one of the most outrageous claims in their report: law enforcement is said to have personally escorted drug shipments, dropped from small aircraft onto private ranches near the border, to their next stops along the distribution chain.
Both men also claim to have been physically threatened if they ever brought this information to light.
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