Bill Conroy

DoD Officials Claim Training is Part of the Solution, Not the Problem
By Bill Conroy
The U.S. government has spent more than $62 million since fiscal year 2010 providing highly specialized training to Mexican security forces, including some $16.3 million in fiscal 2013, as part of an effort to help Mexico better prosecute its war on drugs, records made public under the U.S. Foreign Assistance Act show.

… But No One With the Power to Investigate Seems to Care
By Bill Conroy
At least $20 million went missing from money seizures by law enforcers, critical evidence was destroyed by a federal agency, a key informant was outed by a US prosecutor — contributing to her being kidnapped and nearly killed — and at the end of the day not a single narco-trafficker was prosecuted in this four-year-long DEA undercover operation gone awry.
Those revelations surfaced in a recently decided court case filed in the US Court of Federal Claims in Washington, DC.

DC on BFP #49 | Bill Conroy shares his story of a 20-year career in journalism, why he started writing for Narco News, why he resigned his position at the San Antonio Business Journal, his relationship with Gary Webb, and what it means to be an "authentic journalist."

Guillermo Jimenez Presents Journalist Bill Conroy

Critics Argue Drug-War Money is Part of the Problem, Not the Solution
By Bill Conroy
Some 58,000 migrant children, mostly Central Americans, have made the treacherous journey to the U.S. southern border alone over the past 10 months, but actions being considered by U.S. officials to combat the problem with more military and drug-war aid to their countries, critics warn, may worsen the violence that provokes this unprecedented exodus.

US Attorney Dismisses Criminal Case Against Brazilian Informant
By Bill Conroy
The secrecy cloaking a corporate jet with a CIA-linked tail number that crash landed in Mexico in the fall of 2007 with a nearly four-ton load of cocaine onboard continues to unravel, one string at a time.

Diplomatic Security Agent’s Allegations Support Narco News Report That Victims Were Targeted for Assassination
By Bill Conroy
Barrio Azteca gang leader Arturo Gallegos Castrellon, also known as “Guero,” among other aliases, was sentenced to life in prison late last month after being convicted of orchestrating the murders of US Consulate worker Lesley A. Enriquez; her husband, Arthur H. Redelfs; and Jorge Salcido Ceniceros, whose wife also worked at the consulate in Juarez.

NarcoNews: History & Court Pleadings Help to Connect the Dots Mainstream Media Is Missing
Jesus Vicente Zambada Niebla, the son of a powerful co-founder of Mexico’s Sinaloa narco-trafficking organization, has agreed to tell the US government everything he knows about his alleged partners in crime, their operations and enablers, US authorities announced earlier this week.

DC on BFP #33 | Bill Conroy to discuss the CIA's interference with a Senate Intelligence Committee investigation into the use of torture, and how this case mirrors the case of former DEA agent Richard Horn. Also, the latest on the drug war front in Mexico, EPN's "purge" of the old order, and much more.

Former DEA Supervisor Contends Guzman’s Capture Was an “Arranged” Event
By NarcoNews’ Bill Conroy
The recent capture of the notorious Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa narco-trafficking organization, was not what it appeared to be, according to a former DEA supervisory agent who still has a deep network of contacts in Mexico.