DEA Star Informant Busted for Extorting Drug Lords With Fake Plea Deals Once a prized DEA informant, Jorge "Boliche" Hernández now faces fraud charges for allegedly scamming drug traffickers out of millions. Latin Times · Jun 20, 2025
Longtime DEA informant charged in alleged scheme to extort high-level cocaine traffickers A drug informant who helped the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration build some of its biggest cases has been arrested and charged with scheming to extort major cocaine traffickers facing extradition from Colombia and the Dominican Republic The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2025
Mexico Is Trying to Silence 'Narco Ballads'—Los Tigres del Norte Blame Trump Jorge Hernández, lead singer and accordionist of La Banda de todas las Bandas, has a very deep understanding of the story behind the recent measures against "narcocorridos." Los Tigres del Norte accept the veto and even wonder if they need to change the name of the corridos. Latin Times · May 6, 2025
'Greed and corruption': Federal jury convicts veteran DEA agents in bribery conspiracy A federal jury convicted two longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration supervisors Wednesday of leaking confidential information to defense attorneys as part of a bribery conspiracy that prosecutors said imperiled high-profile cases and the lives of overseas drug informants The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023
DEA agent leaked secret information about Maduro ally targeted by US, prosecutor says Prosecutors played wiretaps in federal court in New York showing a federal narcotics agent leaked sensitive case information about one of Washington’s top criminal targets in Venezuela — Alex Saab The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023
Shadowy snitch takes starring role in bribery trial of veteran DEA agents A beefy, bald-headed informant known by the Spanish nickname Boliche – bowling ball –is expected to play a key role in the federal trial this month in New York of two veteran U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents charged in a $73,000 bribery conspiracy involving leaked information about ongoing drug investigations The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023