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official allegedly helped a Mexican cartel spread cocaine in the US and offered to launder millions of dollars for the notorious group, federal prosecutors said Friday. Paul Campo, who rose through the ranks to eventually become the agency’s deputy chief of the Office for Financial Operations before retiring in 2016, “betrayed the mission he was entrusted” to take on during his 25-year career, the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office said.
Campo was hit with conspiring to commit narcoterrorism, conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiring to provide material support to the cartel.Campo, 61 and his alleged 75-year-old accomplice Robert Sensi, were hit with conspiring to commit narcoterrorism, conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiring to provide material support to the cartel, prosecutors said.Crazed son found covered in blood after fatally stabbing parents in their LI deli: cops Harvard Law prof who fired pellet gun near synagogue, said he was 'hunting rats' agrees to leave US: DHS “By participating in this scheme, Campo betrayed the mission he was entrusted with pursuing for his 25-year career with the DEA,” US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton“CJNG is a violent and corrupting criminal enterprise that New Yorkers want broken. I commend the extraordinary efforts of the DEA in aggressively pursuing CJNG and those who support their deadly and corrupt efforts, no matter who they may be.”Campo and Sensi started working with an undercover agent posing as a member of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel around late 2024, according to federal prosecutors. Sensi, of Florida, had promised the undercover agent that Campo, of Virginia, would be valuable to CJNG, a designated terror group by the US, because he had sensitive DEA intel about source and probes, according to the feds. The two would allegedly brag about Campo’s law enforcement career and deep knowledge in financial probes and drug groups.Campo and Sensi allegedly offered to launder up to $12 million of CJNG narcotics proceeds and did launder $750,000 that was converted from cash into cryptocurrency, prosecutors alleged. They also paid for about 200 kilograms of cocaine, knowing it would be sold for $5 million as part of drug sales, including in New York City, with Campo and Sensi getting a cut of the profits, law enforcement alleged.Tim Walz 'deeply concerned' about people shouting 'R-word' driving by his home after Trump swipeHarvard Law prof who fired pellet gun near synagogue, said he was 'hunting rats' agrees to leave US: DHSThe Kardashian sisters put ‘all of’ their Dash store’s inventory on Kourtney’s credit card: ‘We would pay just the minimum’ Kate Middleton steps out in evergreen coat with faux fur collar for ‘Together at Christmas’ carol serviceRed Sea Film Festival’s Women in Cinema red carpet 2025: Dakota Johnson, Jessica Alba, Ana de Armas and moreCampo was hit with conspiring to commit narcoterrorism, conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiring to provide material support to the cartel.
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