Informant faces extortion charges - PressReader Informant faces extortion charges 2025-06-20 - The DEA terminated his cooperation agreement in 2008, court records show, after authorities discovered he had threatened to expose informants as snitches unless they paid him to keep quiet But he kept close to some of his former DEA handlers and eventually returned to Miami
Former DEA Informant Jorge Hernández Charged with Extorting Drug Jorge Hernández, a 57-year-old former DEA informant, is now facing charges for allegedly trying to extort drug traffickers, as revealed in court documents released yesterday According to a WSVN
Ex-DEA Informant Jorge Hernández Charged in Extortion Scheme 1 MIAMI (AP) — Jorge Hernández, a former top informant for the U S Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), has been arrested and charged with conspiring to extort suspected drug traffickers by falsely promising leniency in their prosecutions
Longtime DEA Informant Jorge Hernández Charged in Extortion Scheme . . . The charges stem from an alleged scheme to extort money from high-level cocaine traffickers The criminal complaint against Hernández was unsealed on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Broward County, Florida Details are still emerging, but the charges raise questions about the use of informants in sensitive drug enforcement operations