Retired State Police lieutenant faces drug trafficking charges

Carlos Antonio Perea got into a new line of work after retiring as a lieutenant with the New Mexico State Police.

Federal court records allege he turned to a life of crime as an employee of a drug cartel and hoped he could improve illicit trafficking operations with the skills he learned in law enforcement.

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