George Mejia is no Pablo Escobar.
But they have one thing in common: they were both betrayed by a now 74-year-old informant – one whose work for Hialeah Police is being attacked by lawyers seeking to have convictions vacated or sentences reduced.
A month after NBC6 Investigates revealed evidence the informant violated his contract with police, Miami-Dade assistant state attorney Jared Octala cited that report in persuading a judge to end probation 10 years early for Mejia, one of 115 alleged cocaine traffickers the informant helped lure to Hialeah, according to police reports…