Mexico: Former Drug Czar Took Cartel Money

Head Official Allegedly Accepted Almost Half-Million Dollars To Tip Off Drug Smugglers

(AP)  Officials say Mexico's former drug czar took $450,000 to leak information to a powerful cartel.

Noe Ramirez is the highest law enforcement official detained yet as part of Mexico's sweeping effort to weeding out authorities who allegedly shared police information with violent drug smugglers.

Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora told reporters Friday that Ramirez accepted $450,000 from drug traffickers, and that cartel leaders offered to pay him monthly for alerting them to planned police operations.

Ramirez was named to the post in 2006 when Calderon took office. He resigned in a department shakeup in July.

With his detention, five top officials and two federal agents have been detained so far this year for alleged drug ties.

[biblethumpar]

obamasNUTZ, Hey A.ss Hole
The Mexican Government was doing this in an attempt to
keep their courts from becoming so bogged down with petty cases of small amounts, and free them to go after the corruption and the large dealers.
Mexico is paying a very high price for all your
U.S. Citizens Drug Habits,
Mexico should charge the U.S. Government
foi having to clean up after your drug addicts.

[lynxha]

Gee This isn''t anything that I would consider unusual seeing as how the drug cartels have a lot of money to spend and Mexico has law officers that are willing to take payoffs. Maybe these people should just be put to death.

[newsjunky5]

People used to do this over beer.