One testified that the Sinaloa cartel paid $10 million,
twice, to a top commander in the Mexican Federal Police. Another said
Mexico's former federal security chief got a $6 million payoff while a
general got $100,000. Witnesses testified about Guzman getting a police
escort after a prison escape and politicians who asked for help shipping
100 tons of cocaine in an oil tanker. In the most sensational claim,
one of Guzman's former aides said he'd heard him boast about having paid
former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto $100 million.
"The
corruption has been rampant, and it's systemic," said Arturo Fontes, a
former FBI agent who spent years investigating Guzman's drug syndicate.
"We always knew there was a risk of information getting to the wrong
people."
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