Mexican Drug Cartel Had Secret Police Documents Including Info Originating From DEA

Mexico border mapBy Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com

WASHINGTON — As Mexican president Felipe Calderon prepares to arrive in Washington, word has surfaced that Mexican authorities seized documents from a drug cartel listing Mexican federal agents and their phone numbers and intelligence information that originated from the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to the Associated Press.

AP reported that the documents were seized in May 2009 from the car of an associate of Mexico’s most powerful drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. The discovery was first reported by the newspaper Reforma.

President Felipe Calderon
President Felipe Calderon

The news service said the documents, which appeared to have come from the Mexico’s federal Public Safety Department, has raised concerns anew about public corruption at the  highest levels of the Mexican government.

The drug war is surely expected to be a key issue during Calderon’s meeting with the White House.

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