FBI FAILED TO PAY UP, FORMER INFORMANT SAYS

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former FBI informant is suing the federal agency,
claiming it abandoned him after he infiltrated a violent drug cartel in Mexico.

Avery "Skip" Ensley, 56, contends that the FBI failed to pay more than $1
million he had been promised from seized assets linked to the investigation
into the Arrellano Felix syndicate. He sued in U.S. District Court in Los
Angeles on Friday.

"One of the reasons I'm going forward with this thing is that I want other
people to know the FBI does not take care of its people," Ensley said. "My
experience is that they will put anybody at risk for their own benefit."

An FBI spokeswoman declined to comment, citing policy not to discuss
pending litigation.