The U.S. press is shocked, shocked to discover the cartels are bribing policemen.  Er… yeah… but the headlines in the U.S. are all talking about “like this:

Mexican officials held for selling intel to drug cartels

… overlooking a few other country’s agents:

Interpol agent passed information to

Beltrán-Leyva cartel in Mexico

One of the most dangerous drug cartels in the world has infiltrated the US Embassy in Mexico and America’s top anti-trafficking agency, it emerged last night.

A captured informant codenamed Felipe admitted to Mexican prosecutors that he used his job as an Interpol agent working at the US Embassy in Mexico City and at the international airport in the city to feed classified information about anti-drug operations to the feared Beltrán-Leyva cartel.
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“This doesn’t say much for US security — it’s as embarrassing as hell for this to come out and I suspect heads will roll within the DEA [Drug Enforcement Administration],” said Bruce Bagley, an expert in Latin American drug trafficking, from the University of Miami in Florida.

Nor, much about U.S. commitment to clean up their side of the border, when I find THIS from the Houston Chronicle:

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A former South Texas police officer has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally selling guns that wound up in Mexico.

Ramon Martinez, who at the time was a Palm Valley police officer, would buy guns from dealers and private citizens, often over the Internet, then sell them for a profit.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, guns found in Mexico and traced back to Martinez triggered the investigation.

Martinez, 37, faces five years in prison and as much $250,000 in fines for dealing in firearms without a license. U.S. District Judge Hilda Tagle set sentencing for Jan. 28.

News flash — gangsters offer bribes to cops. Cops take bribes…