CONFIRMED: The DEA Struck a Deal With Mexico's Most Notorious Drug Cartel Michael Kelley - Business Insider
go to original January 13, 2014

The actions of the government were detailed in the court documents relating to the arrest of Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla, the son of a Sinaloa leader who was arrested in 2009 and tried in the U.S. District Court of Chicago. (Reuters/Daniel Aguilar)

An investigation by El Universal has found that between 2000 and 2012, the U.S. government had an agreement with Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel that allowed the organization to smuggle billions of dollars of drugs into the U.S. in exchange for information on rival cartels.

Sinaloa, led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, supplies 80% of the drugs flooding Chicago and has a presence in cities across the U.S. There have long been allegations that Guzman, considered the “world’s most powerful drug trafficker,” coordinates with the U.S.

But the El Universal investigation is the first to publish court documents that include corroborating testimony from a DEA agent and a Justice Department official. (...) El Universal, citing court documents, reports that DEA agents met with high level Sinaloa officials more than 50 times since 2000.

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