Systems administrator played crucial role in capture of "El Chapo"

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Christian Rodriguez collaborated with the FBI to bring down Mexican drug lord

The trial of Mexican mobster Joaquin Guzman this week found its most important witness to date: the man who set up his encrypted communication network. It has been revealed that the system admin...

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