Former CIA officer jailed for 30 years for drugging and sexually assaulting women

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A former CIA officer was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison for drugging and sexually abusing and filming multiple women without their consent, in one of the most serious misconduct cases in the agency's history. Brian Jeffrey Raymond, 48, from La Mesa, California, photographed and filmed 28 women while they were unconscious or unable to consent, in multiple countries, the United States Attorney's Office said in a statement. Raymond had pleaded guilty in Nov.

Court documents show that several of Raymond's victims were drugged and sexually assaulted in government-leased housing while he was working in Mexico City, The Associated Press news agency reported. The Mexican government and the city's police force collaborated in the investigation. The Attorney General's statement notes that evidence shows Raymond 'touching and manipulating the victim’s bodies while they were unconscious and incapable of consent.



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