Mexican Police Commander Pleads Guilty

Mexican police commander pleads guilty Express-News Copyright 2013 Express-News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 5:14 pm, Monday, March 4, 2013 According to court documents, a witness was willing to testify that Gilberto Lerma Plata, 50, in the late 1990s effectively controlled smuggling in the area around Miguel Alemán, across the border from Roma. In exchange for paying Lerma $5,000 per shipment, state police allowed the trafficker to smuggle pot into the United States and warned him of pending military action against traffickers, according to the court documents. From 2006 to 2011, DEA agents listening to a wiretap of Gulf Cartel operatives heard Lerma speaking to his former subordinate, Flores, discussing shipping cocaine and pot north and guns and money south, court documents state.