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USA Sutton Linked to Cover-Up in House of Death

Conroy: Leaked Document Links U.S. Attorney Sutton to Cover-Up in House of Death


September 16, 2007
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Narco News correspondent Bill Conroy has doggedly reported on the ongoing cover-up of the House of Death murders that took place in Juarez, Mexico for over three years while the commercial media has done little or nothing to shed light on the issue.

Today, adding to his previous 58 stories filed on the House of Death, Conroy reports on a recently leaked letter to Narco News which proves that the US Justice Department, in particular US Attorney Johnny Sutton, knew about the Juárez murders that were taking place and allowed them to continue in his zeal to make a high-profile arrest and conviction.

Conroy reports:

"The April 2004 letter from DEA to Sutton's office recently leaked to Narco News makes it clear that the JAT represented evidence that Sutton would have to make available under the rules of evidence to Santillan's defense attorney. It was considered 'exculpatory' - a fancy legal term for evidence that is favorable to the defendant's case.

"In essence, the JAT report details the government's complicity in the House of Death murders, which, it could be argued, essentially makes the U.S. government a co-conspirator in the homicides along with Santillan's narco-trafficking cell in Juarez.

"...In April 2005, U.S Attorney Sutton issued a press release announcing the plea deal his office cut with the narco-trafficker Santillan.

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"That plea deal, coincidentally, was announced within a month of Narco News' obtaining and publishing in March 2005 on the Internet a copy of Gonzalez' February 2004 House of Death letter. Also, apparently by coincidence, in May 2005, a month after the plea deal was announced, two ICE agents visited this reporter, at both his home and workplace, in an intimidating effort to obtain the names of sources."

Read the entirety of this breaking House of Death news online at the Narcosphere:

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2007/9/15/20548/3335

The entire archive of Narco News’ reports on the House of the Death, now including 59 articles by Bill Conroy, can also be found online:

http://www.narconews.com/houseofdeath

From somewhere in a country called América,

David B. Briones
Webmaster
The Narco News Bulletin
http://www.narconews.com

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