The Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), Omar García Harfuch, stated on Tuesday that Mexico has requested information from the United States regarding a former agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) accused of money laundering from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of the largest in the country.
«We have requested information from the Department of Justice on this case, as well as from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, but at the moment we have no additional information beyond what has been made public,» the head of the SSPC reported during the morning conference at the National Palace.
This was the Mexican government's response to the news that last Friday, the 61-year-old identified as Paul Campo, was accused in a federal court in New York of conspiring with the CJNG to launder millions of dollars.
According to the accusation reported by The New York Times, Campo worked for the DEA for about 25 years, first in New York, and eventually became the associate director of the office of financial operations.
To this conspiracy is added his partner, Robert Sensi, 75, with whom they laundered about $750,000 from what they believed to be the cartel's drug profits, which they also converted into cryptocurrency and agreed to increase the amount of money laundering to $12 million.
According to the New York newspaper, there are no indications that Campo or Sensi had contact with actual CJNG members or that the money used in the investigation was for the group.
However, both were accused of various conspiracy charges: to commit narcoterrorism, distribute narcotics, provide material support to a terrorist organization, and commit money laundering.
The CJNG is on the U.S. government's terrorist list, having been considered for years as one of the most powerful in the world, alongside the Sinaloa Cartel.
