| Ex DEA Campo Charged with
Laundering for Mexican Cartel Has
17 Phones Seized so Feb 6
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Dec 11 – An former DEA
official charged with
conspiracy to laundering money
for a Mexican drug cartel
argued to be released on bail
on December 5 - and lost.
Inner City Press at the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
live tweeted:
OK now at bail
hearing on Paul Campo, a
former high-ranking DEA
official charged with
conspiring to launder $12
million to support Mexican
drug cartel.
Federal Defender
for Campo: This is
perposterous. Why would they
be paid $1.5 million to
convert into cryptocurrency?
He should be released. AUSA:
Pre-Trial Services also
recommends detention
FD: His
bank account has less then
$500,000, he makes $200,000 a
year. AUSA: He could flee
Judge Lehrberger: This is a
presumption case.
Judge: I order
defendant detained
On December 8,
the assigned District Judge
set a conference for December
11: "as to Paul Campo, Robert
Sensi: A conference will take
place in this matter on
Thursday, December 11, 2025.
Inner City Press
went, and live tweeted here
All rise! Arthur
Aidala for Mr Campo [in
custody] Ms Kramer for co-D
[not in custody] Judge
Gardephe: Narco terrorism and
money laundering are alleged
AUSA: Our
seizures include 17 phones
Kramer for Sensi [actually, he
is detained - he's shorter and
slumped in chair, couldn't see
his MDC uniform] first week in
February Judge: Feb 6, 12:30
The case is USA
v. Campo, et al., 1:25-cr-663
(Gardephe)
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