He simply wants out of the devil's bargain he made with the DEA...
April 9, 2015 6:48 PM Subscribe
Like they say, you get what you betray for.
posted by oceanjesse at 8:46 PM on April 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by oceanjesse at 8:46 PM on April 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
He's sort of like the Henry Hill of Latin America, except for how long he's been at it.
posted by Renoroc at 4:26 AM on April 10, 2015
posted by Renoroc at 4:26 AM on April 10, 2015
I feel a little bad for the guy, in that returning him to Columbia is essentially a death sentence. You'd think the DEA could at least help him get residency in Costa Rica or somewhere, even if they can't/won't do anything about US residency.
Although really I think it's pretty fucked up how his record was unsealed after 9/11, given that he was a legal resident up to that point, and the agreement was that his record would remain sealed. If it was reasonable and safe to have him in the country before, it still is now.
Not that I condone what he was doing, mind you, but plenty of banksters were more deeply involved in cartel money and had zero consequences. Seems to me like living the utterly fucked up life he has had since he fell in with the DEA is enough punishment.
posted by wierdo at 8:44 AM on April 10, 2015 [2 favorites]
Although really I think it's pretty fucked up how his record was unsealed after 9/11, given that he was a legal resident up to that point, and the agreement was that his record would remain sealed. If it was reasonable and safe to have him in the country before, it still is now.
Not that I condone what he was doing, mind you, but plenty of banksters were more deeply involved in cartel money and had zero consequences. Seems to me like living the utterly fucked up life he has had since he fell in with the DEA is enough punishment.
posted by wierdo at 8:44 AM on April 10, 2015 [2 favorites]
After all these years in the US, going to Colombia is a death sentence. What a sad story.
posted by Pocahontas at 9:22 AM on April 10, 2015
posted by Pocahontas at 9:22 AM on April 10, 2015
There were a bunch of updates on the DEA's domestic spying recently (previously) :
DEA Was Dragnet Spying on Billions of American Phone Calls for Decades
Human Rights Watch Sues DEA Over Bulk Collection of Americans’ Telephone Records
DEA Orchestrates Disinformation Campaign To Conceal Surveillance Powers
Want to See Domestic Spying’s Future? Follow the Drug War
posted by jeffburdges at 10:06 AM on April 10, 2015 [1 favorite]
DEA Was Dragnet Spying on Billions of American Phone Calls for Decades
Human Rights Watch Sues DEA Over Bulk Collection of Americans’ Telephone Records
DEA Orchestrates Disinformation Campaign To Conceal Surveillance Powers
Want to See Domestic Spying’s Future? Follow the Drug War
posted by jeffburdges at 10:06 AM on April 10, 2015 [1 favorite]
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