Ex-Colombian official sentenced to 12 years in money laundering case tied to DEA misconduct

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Ex-Colombian official sentenced to 12 years in money laundering case tied to DEA misconduct

TAMPA, Florida (AP) — A federal judge sentenced a former Colombian customs worker on Thursday to more than 12 years in prison for taking more than $1 million in bribes in a money laundering conspiracy involving a corrupt U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent.Omar Ambuila, 64, pleaded guilty on the second day of a trial this year that had been expected to shed new light on a misconduct scandal in which more than a dozen U.S. federal agents were quietly disciplined or ousted from their jobs.Among the would-be witnesses was José Irizarry, a DEA agent now serving a 12-year prison sentence ..