Paralegal for U.S. Attorney Tipped Off Drug Cartel, Prosecutors Say
“Jennifer Loya, 30, helped a drug network in San Antonio stay a step ahead of drug enforcement agents through her access to information as a federal employee, according to court documents,” reports Christine Hauser in The New York Times.
“A paralegal in the San Antonio headquarters of the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas is accused of using her access to help a notorious drug cartel evade the authorities.”
“Just before they were raided by federal agents, drug dealers in San Antonio affiliated with a Mexican cartel moved their stockpiles of heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine. A paralegal in the federal prosecutor’s office tipped them off, the authorities said.”
“Court filings in Texas describe a career path that took Jennifer Loya, 30, from a low-level post in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Antonio to a promotion in February to paralegal, a position that prosecutors said she turned into an inside job helping a network of Cartel del Noreste associates stay a step ahead of the authorities.”
