Federal prosecutors unveiled indictments Thursday against two Mississippi sheriffs and a dozen other law enforcement officers over an alleged conspiracy to furnish armed security for Mexican cartel operatives moving cocaine through Mississippi’s Delta heartland.
Those arrested include 20 people, including 14 current and former Mississippi Delta law enforcement officers, who allegedly accepted bribes as large as $20,000 and $37,000 for helping and protecting an FBI agent posing as a Mexican cartel member to traffic 55 kilograms of cocaine into Memphis. They also allegedly helped transport cash hauls from illicit trades.
“It’s just a monumental betrayal of public trust,” U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner said at a press conference on Thursday….