Mexican law enforcers exhume bodies at the House of Death in Juarez, Mexico. Courtesy of Narco News.

Former Mexican Cartel Lieutenant and Paid ICE Informant Busted in Florida on Cocaine Charges

The infamous ‘House of Death’ informant is linked to multiple brutal murders in Juarez, Mexico, carried out with the knowledge of his ICE handlers

Bill Conroy
9 min readJul 10, 2020

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Reporter’s Note: Look for the upcoming book on the House of Death mass murders, slated for release this summer. Check out the website for the book, “Dispatches from the House of Death: A Juarez Cartel informant, a DEA whistleblower, mass murder and a coverup on the edge of the empire.”

Guillermo Eduardo Ramirez Peyro, who helped a Mexican drug organization carry out multiple gruesome murders in Juarez, Mexico, in the early 2000s while working as a paid U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) informant — a case since dubbed the “House of Death” — is once again back in the slammer. This time he’s facing federal charges in Florida accusing him of conspiring to possess and distribute cocaine.

If convicted, Ramirez Peyro could face up to a 10-year prison sentence, court records show. He was caught up this past spring in a sting involving an FBI confidential informant as well as audio and video surveillance, which the criminal complaint alleges is evidence of Ramirez Peyro’s intent to purchase and…

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Bill Conroy
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