US Drug Enforcement Administration

Former DEA Agent Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Using Badge to Protect Drug Dealer Friends

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Former DEA Agent Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Using Badge to Protect Drug Dealer Friends

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — In two decades of kicking around the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Joseph Bongiovanni often took the risk of being the “lead offender,” meaning he was the first person to walk into the room. On Wednesday, he felt familiar uncertainty as he awaited sentencing for using his DEA badge to protect childhood … Read more

The AP obtains documents that show Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez has been on the DEA’s radar for years

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The AP obtains documents that show Venezuelan leader Delcy Rodríguez has been on the DEA’s radar for years

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump announced the audacious capture of Nicolás Maduro to face drug-trafficking charges in the U.S., he cast the vice president and longtime adviser to the strongman as America’s preferred partner in stabilizing Venezuela amid a scourge of drugs, corruption and economic chaos. Unsaid is the cloud of suspicion that … Read more