The Secret World Of Confidential Informants
The faces of Guillermo Eduardo Ramirez Peyro through the ages, from various drivers licenses, a passport and a video of him in jail. To the U.S. government, he was officially informant No. 913, though most called him by the nickname Lalo.
The Case Of A Confidential Informant Gone Wrong
()Confidential informants, or people who pose as criminals so they can provide information to the government, have helped crack some major U.S. cases. They operate in a secret, largely unregulated world. But sometimes things go terribly wrong — like informant No. 913, known as Lalo, who stayed on the U.S. payroll even after he was connected to murders.
Critics Blast Informant System Cloaked In Secrecy()
February 12, 2010 Though movies like the 1990 mob tale Goodfellas put the spotlight on government informants, in reality, the ties between snitches and their handlers are rarely that transparent. Critics say the government often uses, then discards informants — and they want to see more safeguards.
Retired Drug Informant Says He Was Burned()
February 13, 2010 Ernesto Gamboa, a native of El Salvador, spent more than a decade as an undercover informant for narcotics police, helping U.S. federal prosecutors secure nearly 100 convictions. Last summer, days after Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced a major bust it made with Gamboa's help, agents moved to deport him.
