🐀 EXCLUSIVE: The snitch who brought down the narcos [Video]

MY EXCLUSIVE report on the snitch who brought down the narcos. Many secrets were left out of the FBI’s news of busting large smuggling rings moving dope from Mexico to Los Angeles and into Canada. But don’t worry, I’m here to spill them. Let me tell you about it.
The Mob Reporter here with my news on the U.S. Department of Justice’s sweeping cross-border cocaine and meth smuggling investigations called Operation Dead Hand, and particularly of the informant at the epicentre of it all — how he was recruited, what he did, and his incredible meetings with accused Mexican drug lords, American traffickers, and Canadian mobsters. While wearing a wire. In Mexico’s cartel heartland. Think about that for a moment.
The traffickers used Signal, an encrypted messaging app. End-to-end encryption can be great at holding secrets, but not if one of the ends is compromised. Every text, every phone call, every photo he sent or received was collected by the FBI.
Two related federal indictments named 19 people accused of running the dope north, using a network of long-haul truck drivers as couriers to get it across the U.S.-Canada border. 15 of them were arrested. Four more, two of them accused Mexican narcos, were named as wanted fugitives.
One network allegedly had a leadership tier of Eduardo Carvajal, 50, of Guadalajara, Mexico; Jesus Ruiz Sandoval Jr., 45, of Guadalajara, Mexico; John Joe Soto, 42, of Guadalajara, Mexico; and Roberto Scoppa, 55, of Montreal, Canada.
Scoppa shares a notorious family name. His brothers Andrea (Andrew) Scoppa and Salvatore Scoppa were influential Mafia leaders in Montreal before they were killed in 2019 during a mob war.
The other network was allegedly run from Canada by Guramrit Sidhu, 60, of Brampton, northwest of Toronto. Under them, the FBI alleges, were an assortment of Canadian truckers and U.S. distributors. One man from Long Beach, California, identified by the FBI as Carlos Barragan allegedly worked for both rings.
Now, you need to know that I obtained U.S. documents that were recently unsealed in court, including grand jury indictments and lengthy affidavits sworn by FBI agents that summarize their operations. The allegations contained in the documents have not yet been tested in court. None of the accused have yet had an opportunity to mount their defence in court, and one of their lawyers cautioned me that, quote, “The allegations are not necessarily accurate in all respects.”
The secret double life of the snitch officially ended on Jan. 30, 2024, when a press conference was called in Los Angeles to reveal Operation Dead Hand. By then search warrants and arrest warrants had been executed in California, Florida, Texas, Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta. The five arrested in Canada face extradition to the United States. In California, those in custody started making appearances in court. As for the snitch, his identity remains protected and, so far, he has not been named.
You can read my full report here: https://nationalpost.com/longreads/the-secret-snitch-who-brought-down-the-narcos
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