Tag: agent
Mexican drug lord pleads not guilty to killing of DEA agent after US extradition
Rafael Caro Quintero arraigned in New York over federal agent’s death after years as one of US’s most wanted men After years as one of US authorities’ most wanted men, the Mexican drug cartel boss Rafael Caro Quintero was brought into a New York courtroom on Friday to answer charges that include orchestrating the 1985…
‘Where’s my apology from MI5?’ says victim of abusive neo-Nazi agent
Beth was attacked with a machete by her former partner, a neo-Nazi misogynist who used his MI5 role to coercively control her. We revealed on Wednesday that MI5 gave false evidence to three courts over its handling of the man – a paid informant known only as agent X. She believes she only matters to…
How I exposed MI5’s lie about its violent abusive agent
Spies lie, but they are not meant to get caught. On a wet Friday evening in December, three MI5 lawyers sat in a room at the BBC’s headquarters in London. On the other side of the table were the BBC’s lawyers and me. No MI5 officers were present, after we refused a request for the…
Migrants Arrested in Killing of Mexican Immigration Agent
Officials said the agent was attacked by a group of migrants at a checkpoint in the northern state of Chihuahua after asking to see their identification papers. At least two migrants were arrested. By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and Annie Correal Reporting from Mexico City A federal immigration agent in Mexico was killed on Monday afternoon…