The Administration for the Drug Control in the USA. (DEA for its acronym in English) dismissed discreetly to your chief official in Mexico, Nicholas Palmerlast year for misconduct.
The AP Agency detailed in an investigation that the socialization and vacations of Palmeri with drug lawyers in Miamidetailed in confidential records, caused his downfall.
Complaints were also revealed regarding his driving lax in the pandemic COVID-19which resulted in two officers having to be airlifted sick.
AP also pointed out that Palmeri he approved the use of anti-drug funds for non-drug purposes, even seeking reimbursement to pay for his own birthday party.
“The position of regional director in Mexico is the most important in the foreign operations of the DEA, and when something like this happens, it is disruptive,” he asserted. Mike Vigilformer DEA chief of international operations.
“If we don’t have a strong regional director or agent in charge there, it goes once morest the overall operations of the agency because everything transits through Mexico, whether it’s coming from Colombia or the fentanyl coming in through China. It cannot be taken lightly,” he said. Phil Jordanformer director of the DEA’s El Paso Intelligence Center.
The DEA did not discuss the details of the dismissal of Palmeribut a senior official made it clear that the US agency “does not tolerate inappropriate contacts between defense attorneys and DEA employees.”
This action occurs within the framework of the deterioration of cooperation between USA y Mexicoas well as a record flow of cocaine, heroin and fentanyl across the border.
With information from The Associated Press AP agency
