As Ex DEA Campo Charged with Laundering for Mexican Cartel US Opposes Release for Death of Mother

As Ex DEA Campo Charged with Laundering for Mexican Cartel US Opposes Release for Death of Mother by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 24 – An former DEA official charged with conspiracy to laundering money for a Mexican drug cartel argued to be released on bail on December 5 - and lost. Inner City Press at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York live tweeted: OK now at bail hearing on Paul Campo, a former high-ranking DEA official charged with conspiring to launder $12 million to support Mexican drug cartel. Federal Defender for Campo: This is perposterous. Why would they be paid $1.5 million to convert into cryptocurrency? He should be released. AUSA: Pre-Trial Services also recommends detention  FD: His bank account has less then $500,000, he makes $200,000 a year. AUSA: He could flee Judge Lehrberger: This is a presumption case. Judge: I order defendant detained On December 8, the assigned District Judge set a conference for December 11: "as to Paul Campo, Robert Sensi: A conference will take place in this matter on Thursday, December 11, 2025. Inner City Press went, and live tweeted here All rise! Arthur Aidala for Mr Campo [in custody] Ms Kramer for co-D [not in custody] Judge Gardephe: Narco terrorism and money laundering are alleged AUSA: Our seizures include 17 phones Kramer for Sensi [actually, he is detained - he's shorter and slumped in chair, couldn't see his MDC uniform] first week in February Judge: Feb 6, 12:30 pm.  On Saturday December 27 co-defendant Sensi, described as chained to a bed in a hospital whose name is redacted, applied for release on $500,000 bond, "secured by equity in the hosue that Stefano Sensi owns [address redacted] and the equity in Sensi Electric LLC, Stefano Sensi's electrician business. On January 6 the US Attorney's Office opposed bail for Sensi, including photos of guns from his cell phone and a redacted section about health. On March 6, with Sensi still detained, the US Attorney's Office wrote in asking for a Curcio hearing - Sensi's lawyer at Covington wants to join the US Attorney's Office. They say the conflict can be waived. On July 24 the US Attorney's Office opposed the release of Campo, even briefly, as the death of his mother. The case is USA v. Campo, et al., 1:25-cr-663 (Gardephe) *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com SDNY Press Room 500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com