U.S. Border Agent: drug cartel more powerful than U.S. government

Jailed U.S. Border Agent Scary Inside Look at Drug Cartels

The disgraced agent said the cartel was more powerful than the U.S. government and overrode his oath as a law enforcement officer. "In my opinion they have unlimited power...they have informants of all kinds, good and bad," he said. "They have informants in the city level, county level and, from what they claim, federal."