A former high-level Drug Enforcement Administration official allegedly believed he was helping a Mexican cartel spread cocaine in the US and offered to launder millions of dollars for the notorious group, federal prosecutors said Friday.

Paul Campo, who rose through the ranks to eventually become the agency’s deputy chief of the Office for Financial Operations, and his alleged accomplice, Robert Sensi, were duped by a “confidential source” posing as a member of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), paving the way for their arrests Thursday, the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office said.

Campo and Sensi started working with the undercover, who was being guided by law enforcement, around late 2024, according to federal prosecutors.

Sensi, of Florida, had promised the clandestine source

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