The Corrupt Ringleaders | TRIPLE EPISODE | The FBI Files

Criminal Enterprise: In October 1993, a robber surprised unsuspecting customers by dropping through the roof of a California bank. When police arrived, he escaped from the roof in a hail of bullets. A tip from a local resident led police and FBI agents to the perpetrator. They would soon learn that he had masterminded a local kidnapping, and held the fate of an innocent woman in his hands.

Fateful Crossing: In January 1984, a U.S. Customs official disappears from his post near the Del Rio, Texas border crossing, prompting local police to search for four Latin American suspects driving a Pontiac Grand Prix. The following day, the Customs official was found dead. Two state troopers recovered the missing officer’s service revolver after a fatal altercation with two men. Local police and the FBI continued searching for the suspect vehicle, prepared for a confrontation with desperate criminals.

Deadly Influence: Amid the cocaine wars of early 1980’s Miami, three dead bodies led a multi-agency tactical squad to suspect that a group of cops might be involved in illegal drug busts. Investigating rumors of corruption, the squad uncovered a ring of patrolmen who were making millions by ripping off smuggled cocaine. The investigators set out to prove that even with the advantages wealth and the protection of a police badge, nobody is above the law.

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