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From: "David B. Briones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: July 23, 2007 12:22:29 PM PDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [narconews] Conroy: Border Drug Task Force Mired In Scandal
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
July 23, 2007
Please Distribute Widely
Dear Colleague,
Bill Conroy, reporting for Narco News, brings yet another
whistleblower to public attention, an ICE (Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, part of the Homeland Security Department) Resident
Agent in Charge at the time of her filing, alleging corruption and
misuse of federal funds within a New Mexico High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Area (HIDTA) office.
Conroy reports:
"HIDTA, which operates offices across the United States, is a
federally funded program with an annual budget of some $225 million
that is administered by the White House's Office of National Drug
Control Policy (ONDCP). Its mission is to enlist the power of law
enforcement 'teamwork' to fight drug trafficking in key areas of
the United States.
"...In fact, a federal whistle-blower is alleging that some
$300,000 in federal funds under the control of a HIDTA task force
in Deming, N.M., has mysteriously disappeared.
"...The ICE OPR report, which includes a cover letter dated March
8, 2007, paints a picture of a dysfunctional BOTF-Deming HIDTA
'team' in which the state and local law enforcers have ignored the
fact that ICE is supposed to act as the lead agency for the task
force. It appears, based on a reading of the ICE OPR report, that
the state and local cops assigned to the HIDTA task force have
essentially set up a rouge operation within ICE's Deming office -
where the BOTF is located."
Read the rest of Conroy's report, as well as news from the Southern
Mexican State of Oaxaca, online at Narco News:
http://www.narconews.com
From somewhere in a country called América,
David B. Briones
Webmaster
The Narco News Bulletin
http://www.narconews.com
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