Ex-DEA Agent Busted for Protecting Drug Dealers He Knew as Kids

A former DEA agent was convicted of corruption for protecting childhood friends turned drug traffickers, accepting bribes, and obstructing justice over a decade.

By Sammi Caramela

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Like a scene out of a Martin Scorsese gangster movie, a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent was convicted of corruption last week for protecting drug traffickers he’d known as children.