Word: agent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plea bargain that they struck in return for providing information, John is due to get life (parole eligibility: ten years), and Michael 25 years (parole eligibility: eight years and four months). The Government justified the severity of Whitworth's punishment by contending that he was the "principal agent of collection" for the secrets relayed...
When reports first emerged that Victor Cortez Jr., a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent, had been tortured by policemen in Guadalajara, any words of Mexican repentance were drowned out by shouts of resentment. Mexico City's most influential newspaper, Excelsior, ran a cartoon showing two skunks, one labeled "DEA," the other "drug traffickers." An editorial asserted that the very presence of American intelligence-gathering agents created a "stinking sewer." Both the governor and the attorney general of Jalisco state, where the detention had taken place, flatly denied all charges of torture. And the country's Defense Minister, General Juan Arevalo...
...have got to put together a package whereyou hope you can get your man in and out of therewithout any problems," the agent said...
...always touchy relations between the U.S. and Mexico took an acrimonious turn last week. At issue was the alleged Mexican kidnaping and torture two weeks ago of Victor Cortez Jr., a Drug Enforcement Administration agent...
Mexican authorities insist that Cortez was merely held briefly for questioning. But Cortez told a Tucson news conference last week that he probably would have been killed if DEA agents in Guadalajara had not forced his release. Cortez, who claimed he was beaten and had chili juice and carbonated water forced into his nose, said a captor told him, "If you think this is bad, wait until we get you out into the country, and you'll see what Camarena went through." The reference was to DEA Agent Enrique Camarena Salazar, who was kidnaped and murdered in 1985. The Jalisco...