For more than six months, Miguel Flores lived a double life. In his day job, he was a narcotics investigator for the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Department. But underneath his uniform, he secretly wore a wire for the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of a probe into corruption at the highest levels of law enforcement along the border.
With four children to feed and clothe, Flores saw a solid middle-class future in law enforcement. He worked hard, and in 2011 earned a promotion from deputy patrol officer to narcotics investigator. “I was doing really good, taking down a lot of loads,” Flores said in an exclusive interview with the Observer. “I had good informants.”
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I'm almost afraid to comment about this , having been associated with the law and know federal guys, state and local enforcement.
ReplyDeleteThis going on in a lot of agencies , Baltimore, NYPD and a lot of the country.
When you see an officer retire and living in a 1/2 million or million dollar home on a 30,000 dollar retirement , DAH!