By Allan Lengel

Being an FBI informant can be big bucks — even if you’re not the most angelic individual.

In a murder trial in Douglas County, Nebraska, testimony surfaced that witness Jorge Palacios, a gang member, was paid more than $300,000 over five years from the FBI to help agents investigate drug trafficking, according to the Omaha World-Herald.

The paper reported that Palacios received those payments even though the FBI knew he was a suspected accomplice in an August 2004 shooting of a rival gang member in Los Angeles and that he had been accused — but never charged — in the rape of a 13-year-old girl.

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