Conroy: House of Death informant heading to court

November 29, 2010

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Dear Colleague,

New information has emerged in the House of Death series. Investigative reporter Bill Conroy reports that Ramirez Peyro, a former Mexican cop who also worked as a paid informant for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, is planning to sue the US government over alleged violations of his constitutional rights.

Conroy writes:

“The case of Ramirez Peyro is well known to regular readers of Narco News. Besides his past history as a drug smuggler and key lieutenant for a ruthless VCF narco-trafficker named Heriberto Santillan Tabares, Ramirez Peyro, a former Mexican cop, also worked as a paid informant for ICE for some four years, starting in 2000.

“ICE agents and U.S. prosecutors, as well as high-level officials within ICE and the Department of Justice, were made aware of Ramirez Peyro’s participation in multiple murders being carried out in 2003 and early 2004 by Santillan and his assassins (who were, for the most part, Mexican state police officers).

“A dozen of the victims of those torture and killing sessions were buried in the backyard of the infamous House of Death in Juarez — including a U.S. resident murdered at the house and allegedly a U.S. citizen who was murdered elsewhere in Juarez. In addition, a DEA agent and his family narrowly averted a trip to the House of Death, courtesy of Santillan and his enforcers.”

Read the complete article online at Narco News:

http://www.narconews.com

From somewhere in a country called América,

ENDS

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