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informant

[in-fawr-muhnt] / ɪnˈfɔr mənt /


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According to Jones, the informant said Perez was “haunted” by her death and started going to church.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Paul Hare, a former British ambassador to Cuba and Venezuela, argued that Cuban intelligence underestimated US access to "insider cooperation in Venezuela" -- an informant within Maduro's camp.

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026

Earlier this year, MI5 was forced to apologise after the BBC proved it gave false evidence to three courts in a case concerning a neo-Nazi state informant known as Agent X.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Mexico’s financial-intelligence unit froze bank accounts tied to shell companies that funded informant networks and used to pay their lawyers, according to another person familiar with the operation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

One of the guests reported his statement to a local Union informant, who passed the tip along to soldiers who were now at the door at Hartmann Richter’s place to pick up Atzerodt.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson




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