This past Saturday, a group of gunmen stormed into a Mexican hotel and opened fire on dozens of vacationers, killing three men, three women and a 7-year-old child.
A man expected to testify in Genaro García Luna’s federal trial has accused the ex-security chief of helping to reveal the informant’s identity to a cartel.
“'The funding for drug enforcement was basically a slush fund for corruption in the DEA,” said Tom Devine, McNichols’ attorney. “When a whistleblower threatens the organization, it leads to pretty almost standardized tactics of retaliation.'"