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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- A former U.S. anti-drug enforcement chief has been arrested and accused of working for the drug lords he was supposed to combat, court documents indicate.
Richard Padilla Cramer is accused of being in the pay of Mexican gangsters while working in U.S. anti-drug agencies, unmasking informants and setting up smuggling deals, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.
Cramer, Mexican-born but holding dual Mexican-U.S. citizenship, spent 30 years in border law enforcement. Speaking perfect Spanish led to undercover work, drug busts and a climb up the Immigration and Customs Enforcement ranks, the newspaper said.
Friends and co-workers said they were surprised when DEA agents arrested the retired Cramer in Tucson.
A federal complaint says informants told the DEA a drug lord had paid Cramer to retire and work for him full-time. Cramer is charged with investing $40,000 in a shipment of cocaine from Panama and allegedly communicating with gangsters on a cellphone registered to his Arizona home, the Times reported.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
The late Steve Jobs, co-founder of the U.S. computer giant Apple, had faults in his personal life but was a business visionary, associates told the FBI.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
Macaulay Culkin is in "perfectly good health," his publicist said after the former child star was photographed looking gaunt and disheveled in New York.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
The Israeli government plans to build a floating liquefied natural gas terminal with a sea-based defense radar system off its Mediterranean coast while forming a naval force to protect its rich offshore gas fields against terrorist attack.
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