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It was an insanely busy week at the Chapo trial.
Even so, it essentially went unnoticed that according to DEA investigation notes, the former Vice President of Colombia, Oscar Naranjo, was bribed by Colombian drug traffickers who kept receipts.
Even so, it essentially went unnoticed that according to DEA investigation notes, the former Vice President of Colombia, Oscar Naranjo, was bribed by Colombian drug traffickers who kept receipts.
Also unnoticed?
That federal prosecutors sought to keep that information sealed in order not to “damage the diplomatic relationships between the United States and foreign governments.”
That federal prosecutors sought to keep that information sealed in order not to “damage the diplomatic relationships between the United States and foreign governments.”
One imagines it’s hard to be a prosecutor looking to get a foreign govt to extradite major narco lords when the narcos might testify to having corrupted officials in their own countries. But it’s odd to have this information and attempt to sit on it.
