By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com
The DEA is investigating a former agent accused of providing intelligence to Colombian drug traffickers.
The former agent, Jose Irizarry, resigned abruptly after investigators began suspecting he passed information to Colombia drug traffickers, BuzzFeed News reports.
Sources told BuzzFeed the scope of the investigation is unprecedented.
“It’s a major case,” one of the sources said.
The DEA confirmed the investigation.
“We are looking into his activities in Colombia,” the spokesperson said, adding that “the scope is unclear.”
She said the case is being handled by the DEA’s Office of Professional Responsibility.
One source said the Justice Department and FBI also are investigating Irizarry, who was based in the Cartagena, Colombia, field office.
