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Search results for "Lalo" ...
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House of Death
A ruthless Mexican drug cartel was found to be executing people at a place called the House of Death. The U.S. government had confirmation of these killings through a recording given by a government informant, and let more people die be murdered until two DEA were targeted. Reports showed that the U.S. knew that several murders were going to take place, and did nothing to stop them.
Tags: War on Drugs; drug lord; Juarez; Mexico; Vincent Carrillo Fuentes; Lalo;
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Lalo: The Killer Informant
WFAA tells the story of Guillermo Ramirez-Peyro, a paid U.S. government informant who continued to participate in and witness "a five-month killing spree along the U.S.-Mexico border." The 12 murders occurred at a house in Juarez, operated by a cartel. Ramirez supervised the first murder and audio-taped it, but the government's reaction was not to reprimand him, but to tell him to stop making tapes. The government, which had paid Ramirez $225,000 for his services, never took action against him, even promising him $1 million more before this story broke.
Tags: Informant; Federal government; murder; killing spree; U.S.-Mexico border; homicide; torture