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December 01, 2012 posted by Steve Brownstein
Two Colombian government employees arrested for selling sensitive information
A former prosecutor and a clerk in Colombia’s office of attorney general were arrested for allegedly selling sensitive information about U.S. narcotics prosecutions in New York.
The two Colombian nationals were arrested November 16 in Bogota and charged with obstruction of justice, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
According to ICE HSI, an administrative services assistant in the office of the attorney general of Colombia, international affairs, and a former prosecutor at the attorney general’s office, were involved in a plot to obtain information on U.S. extradition requests.
