Once-standout DEA agent says he conspired with drug cartel

TAMPA, Fla. -- A once-standout US narcotics agent admitted Monday to conspiring to launder money with the same Colombian cartel he was sworn to fight -- one of the most egregious betrayals of the badge in the history of US Drug Enforcement Administration. The disgraced agent, Jose I. Irizarry, pleaded guilty to 19 federal counts,...