A DEA raid on a $12 million estate in Coral Gables uncovered far more than narcotics, weapons, and stacks of cash. Behind a concealed bookshelf, agents reportedly discovered a fully equipped command center capable of tracking local law enforcement activity in real time—sparking what investigators describe as the largest police corruption case in Florida history.

Financial records allegedly documented three years of cartel payments to a Miami-Dade sheriff and seventeen officers, forming a protection network prosecutors claim enabled the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) to move an estimated $1.4 billion in narcotics across the state.

This report examines how a hidden operations room exposed a multi-agency criminal enterprise, how federal authorities dismantled the network in a sweeping takedown, and what structural reforms followed as Miami’s law enforcement system faced intense scrutiny.