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This undated photo obtained by The Associated Press shows Andres Zapata, a confidential informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration from 1998-2020. (AP Photo)

The informant earned millions working for the DEA. He paid no taxes.

By Joshua Goodman and Jim Mustian - Associated Press

FILE - This June 13, 2016 file photo shows Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents in Florida. On Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, the FBI arrested U.S. federal narcotics agent Jose Irizarry and his wife, Nathalia Gomez Irizarry, at their residence in Puerto Rico, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the arrest. He has been charged with conspiring to launder money with the very same Colombian drug cartels he was supposed to be fighting. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

Watchdog: DEA lacks oversight of money laundering operations

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 13, 2016, file photo, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents arrive on the scene of a fatal shooting in Florida. U.S. federal narcotics agent, Jose Irizarry, is accused of conspiring with a longtime DEA informant to launder more than $7 million in illicit drug proceeds from the U.S. to traffickers in Colombia, according to several current and former law enforcement officials. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

APNewsBreak: Feds say ‘star’ DEA agent abroad stole millions

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

Ohio settles lawsuit with ex-inmate over strip search claim

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