George Mejia is no Pablo Escobar.

But they have one thing in common: they were both betrayed a now 74-year-old informant – one whose work for Hialeah Police is being attacked by lawyers seeking to have convictions vacated or sentences reduced.

A month after NBC6 Investigates revealed evidence the informant violated his contract with police, Miami-Dade assistant state attorney Jared Octala cited that report in persuading a judge to end probation 10 years early for Mejia, one of 115 alleged cocaine traffickers the informant helped lure to Hialeah, according to police reports.

“This is involved with the confidential informant that was in Hialeah which I’m sure you read the news articles that have come out,” Octala told Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jason Bloch, explaining why the state wanted

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