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Undercover informant dodges prison for failing to pay taxes on payments from DEA

By Joshua GoodmanAssociated Press

A longtime DEA informant has avoided prison after admitting he didn't pay taxes on nearly $4 million earned for undercover work. Andres Zapata was sentenced in Austin, Texas, to time served after agreeing to cooperate against federal agents in a misconduct in…

MIAMI (AP) A longtime informant who traveled the world partying with rogue U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents avoided a prison sentence this week after admitting he failed to pay taxes on ne…