Gosh, I've been following this story and it blows my mind. I believe in a previous article I read that Blanchard was also reassigned because he was suspicious of Sanchez phone calls. The official response for his removal from the area was that his assignment was a temporary one, unbeknownst to him.
One would think the major focus of this whole case would be the drug smuggling. I am sure finding a cell phone would be a huge find in tracking the network involved in the smuggling. It is absolutely sickening.
I'm beginning to think that Sutton jumped on the prosecution of the BP agents in order to draw attention AWAY from the drug smuggling. Intentionally.