They washed us $ million

Undercover us anti-narcotics agents blanked millions of dollars from drug trafficking to investigate how they operate and keep track of the Mexican cartels, reported the newspaper The New York Times yesterday. The newspaper says that agents, most American anti-drug Department (DEA), moved hundreds of thousands of dollars of illegal money through the border.

The goal, according to the publication, was to identify how to work the criminal organizations, how to move the money, how to maintain assets and who are its leaders.

The New York Times explains that agents deposited the money in accounts that indicated them the traffickers or in some cases created own accounts. This type of operation had been before in other countries, pointed out the newspaper, but in Mexico started in recent years, without specifying a date exact.

Agents, cited as a source - under the condition of u000aanonymity - which did not give specific details to not compromise the operation, said DEA often allow the cartel to continue its actions for months or even years before the raids and arrests.

Diary makes clear that such operations are particularly sensitive since they call into question the effectiveness of the Agency to put an end to the drug lords, highlight diplomatic concerns about Mexican sovereignty and blur the line between surveillance and crime.

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