[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

The rules, guidelines, or whatever should be established before any agents are sent undercover in a drug cartel. If, e.g., attending sex parties is not acceptable, then the agents shouldn’t be sent undercover. Once undercover, they have to maintain their cover, or die. The agents need some latitude to protect their cover, or else they are likely to be killed. If agents aren’t allowed the latitude necessary to “fit in”, then don’t send them undercover.

Please, don’t assume that I’m defending the sex parties — or anything the cartel members get up to, for that matter.

[CommerceComet]

I was going to point out the same thing. When someone goes undercover, to some degree, he or she has to act like a bad guy. I can understand stopping short of murder or extreme violence or rape but bad guys are going to do drugs and have wild parties. In order to maintain their cover, the agents are going to have to do some of that stuff themselves.

[Ken H]

The rules, guidelines, or whatever should be established before any agents are sent undercover in a drug cartel. If, e.g., attending sex parties is not acceptable, then the agents shouldn’t be sent undercover. Once undercover, they have to maintain their cover, or die. The agents need some latitude to protect their cover, or else they are likely to be killed. If agents aren’t allowed the latitude necessary to “fit in”, then don’t send them undercover.

What's that got to do with these cases? Everyone knew they were DEA agents, right?

Please, don’t assume that I’m defending the sex parties — or anything the cartel members get up to, for that matter.

Why did you even bring it up, then?