Former Dea Snitch Known As 'bowling Ball' Charged With Extorting Cocaine Kingpins

A Florida-based former snitch for nan DEA has been charged pinch extorting awesome cocaine traffickers from overseas, according to national tribunal documents.

Jorge Hernandez, a 57-year-old nicknamed "Bowling Ball," spent nan past 25 years helping nan feds sound down kingpins, according to The Associated Press, which profiled him for his domiciled arsenic a witnesser successful a DEA corruption proceedings successful 2023.

Beginning successful 2020, he allegedly pretended to beryllium a paralegal and solicited payoff money from supplier runners hauling successful kilos from Colombia and nan Dominican Republic.

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This photograph provided by nan Broward County Sheriff’s Office shows Jorge Hernández, 57, who was charged successful a criminal title unsealed, Wednesday, June 18, 2025.  (Broward County Sheriff’s Office via AP)

Hernandez's alleged targets were already awaiting extradition to the United States to look criminal charges erstwhile nan FBI says he approached them pinch nan scheme, claiming that he would bring them "the champion ineligible squad successful nan United States" and onshore sentences of conscionable a fewer years successful situation for suspects facing 10 years to life.

Part of that clip served, he allegedly told them, would beryllium successful an apartment.

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As portion of nan process, he allegedly obtained a morganatic paralegal certification and utilized it to meet pinch jailed suspects successful unrecorded lawyer visits.

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When they did not person ray sentences, he blamed nan FBI and nan traffickers' ain lawyers according to nan criminal complaint.

He allegedly took bribes successful nan shape of cash, vehicles and existent property and different costly equipment -- threatening nan supplier runners' family members if they didn't salary up. He raked successful betwixt $4 and $6 million, according to prosecutors.

A statement that allegedly shows costs specifications arsenic portion of Hernandez's strategy to extort cocaine traffickers. (Southern District of Florida)

One of nan traffickers offered his mother's location arsenic collateral, which he told Hernandez was 70% paid off, according to nan complaint.

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In a conflict complete $200,000, Hernandez allegedly told different trafficking fishy that "he should salary because state does not person a price."

Drug Enforcement Administration agents connected June 13, 2016, successful Florida.  (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

Hernandez is presently connected national probation until May 2027 for a money laundering conspiracy, according to tribunal documents.