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New York, NY – The ex-head of Bolivia’s anti-drug unit, Maximiliano Davila Perez, just got a quarter-century in a federal lockup. The feds say Perez, former director of the Fuerza Especial de Lucha Contra el Narcotráfico (FELCN), wasn’t fighting the cartels – he was working with them.
Perez, 50s, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote after a week-long jury trial convicted him of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and a related weapons charge. He was extradited from Bolivia last December.
According to prosecutors, Perez used his power to protect drug traffickers and ensure their shipments of cocaine reached the streets of New York City. Instead of busting them, he was greasing the wheels. The betrayal, as U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton put it, was a “brazen attempt to flood our streets with cocaine.”
“He turned his office into a criminal enterprise,” DEA Administrator Terrance Cole added, “protecting traffickers…and directly enabling the flow of drugs into the United States.”
The case, handled by the DEA’s Special Operations Division and the Southern District of NY, is a stark reminder that corruption reaches far beyond our borders. Perez will have a long time to reflect on his choices – 25 years, to be exact.
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