A series of emails uncovered in the most recent release by the Department of Justice (DOJ) reads like a spy thriller novel: American agents in a foreign country attacking local law enforcement to disrupt an investigation. Threats made all the way up to the President of Mexico. A judge shot by an American in order to delay a trial. A U.S. Ambassador implicated in all of it. And a U.S. Special Forces icon being detained in an undisclosed location. Plot twist: The Special Forces veteran is the bad guy!
The emails appear to involve Ken Turner, who goes by “KenT” in the emails, and possibly NYPD Detective Walter E. Harkins based on a signature field in one of the emails. Harkins retired from the NYPD just days after the 2024 election following a 33-year career ending four generations of familial service to the department.
Each redacted email address is followed by “(NY) (OGA)”.
On July 19, 2019, Turner sent an email to the NY OGA and disclosed the individuals he was working with in Mexico. He described one, Jorge Gonzales, as “my friend in the Mexican Federal Government” with a federal police phone number. He also mentioned an ex South African police officer and psychologist named Maryna and introduced her as his “partner”.
Hellbound and Down 