I met Sandy Gonzalez a few months ago at a conference in DC.  His story beggars belief, but it’s true all the same.  Since I was fresh from the Alvin Clay Trial it didn’t seem too incredible that federal DEA and ICE agents would give their blessing to a series of gruesome torture sessions ending in murder.  When Sandy Gonzalez blew the whistle on fellow DEA officials he was driven out of the agency.  Thus far, no one in the mainstream media has been willing to touch this story.  The implications are too severe.  We all like to believe the best about our government and there are few rewards for those who tell too much truth.

Fortunately, people like Radley Balko of Reason Magazine who are willing to listen to folks like Sandy Gonzalez.  Balko remains the only reporter who has given the story of Ann Colomb and her family the attention it deserves.  You can find his interview with with Gonzalez here beginning with this enticing lead-in:

Three years ago, Sandalio “Sandy” Gonzalez’s 32-year career with the Drug Enforcement Agency came to an abrupt end after he blew the whistle in a horrifying case now known as the “House of Death,” in which Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stand accused of looking the other way while one of their drug informants participated in torturing and murdering at least a dozen people in an abandoned house near the Texas-Mexico border.

In August, Senior Editor Radley Balko spoke with Gonzalez about the case, the cover-up, and what it all means for federal law enforcement and the War on Drugs.