FBI Raids Texas Sheriff’s Office, 34 Deputies on Cartel Payroll, $890M Exposed

A DEA raid on a $12 million mansion in Coral Gables accidentally exposed the largest police corruption scandal in Florida history. What agents found behind a hidden bookshelf wasn’t just drugs, cash, and weapons — it was a full command center used to monitor Miami law enforcement in real time.

A ledger revealed three years of cartel payments to Miami-Dade Sheriff Antonio Vargas and seventeen police officers, forming a protection network that allowed CJNG to move $1.4 billion in product across Florida.