The informant, Roberto Acosta, is a Honduran immigrant who was arrested in San Francisco for jaywalking in 2005. He became a government informant and helped the feds infiltrate the violent MS-13 gang in San Francisco, according to federal immigration authorities. His information contributed to the arrest of more than 30 gang members, according to a federal immigration agent’s court testimony. Seven of those accused gangsters are currently in trial in San Francisco federal court.

But two courtrooms down from that case, Acosta himself is now standing trial…continue news article here.