A long-serving informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), who reportedly partied globally with rogue agents, has avoided a prison sentence despite admitting to tax evasion on nearly $4 million received for his undercover work.
Andres Zapata was sentenced Wednesday in Austin, Texas, to time served after agreeing to cooperate in a decade-long investigation that has implicated several agents in misconduct, according to two people who weren't authorized to discuss the ongoing inquiry and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
