DEA informant charged in alleged scheme to extort high-level cocaine traffickers

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

FILE – Drug Enforcement Administration agents on June 13, 2016, in Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)