DEA informant charged in alleged scheme to extort high-level cocaine traffickers

A former drug informant, Jorge Hernández, has been arrested for allegedly attempting to extort major cocaine traffickers by posing as a paralegal who could secure lighter sentences for them. He faces charges of conspiring to commit wire fraud, having demanded $1 million from traffickers in exchange for false promises of leniency, despite lacking the authority to do so.

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