New Mexico man says federal agents gave him crack cocaine

[riky]

New Mexico man says federal agents gave him crack cocaine

By Joseph Kolb ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) - The lawyer for a New Mexico man has filed an $8.5 million civil lawsuit accusing the U.S. government and five members of the Drug Enforcement Administration of supplying her client with crack cocaine during an undercover investigation. Erlinda Johnson said on Wednesday she filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque on behalf of 38-year-old Aaron Romero, who she said became an unwitting part of a DEA operation dubbed "Smack City" from November 2011 to August 2012. The 18-count complaint alleges that DEA agents supplied Romero with crack cocaine in return for information on drug dealing targets in his hometown of Las Vegas, New Mexico, a busy shipment route for narcotics from the U.S.-Mexico border.

Source: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login