Jacob Diaz
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He informed Diaz that he wasn't buying his explanation.
However, he did state that if Diaz could prove where the money had come from, the DEA would gladly return his $200,000 of landscaping money.
Look, I'm not sure how deep you're in this thing, said the agent, but now is the time to get out.
The money's mine.
I made it working.
The agent cut him off.
It's cartel money, kid.
He told Diaz he'd seen a hundred individuals just like him.
Some of them disappear, others are murdered.
These are vicious people, kid.
The lucky ones end up in prison.
He handed Diaz his card and a confiscation form and walked out of the room with the cartel's $200,000.
Diaz contacted a lawyer who informed him that without proof the cash had been obtained legally via canceled checks and tax returns, there was no way to retrieve the funds.
Diaz was concerned when he arrived in Mexico without the cash.
People have been killed for a lot less.
Ole, however, took it in stride.
These things happen, he conceded.
Although the cartel didn't like losses, they were willing to overlook them provided the individual could prove the money had been seized by law enforcement, which Diaz could prove.
I'll talk to JJ, continued Ole.
He'll let us work it off.