Estrategias implementadas para seguir el rastro de las drogas en Nuevo México generaron preocupación de agentes y expertos

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico from 2023 to 2025, according to current and former DEA…

Associated Press journalist Jim Mustian explains how he reported and wrote a story that examined why the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration allowed hundreds of thousands of…

“We poisoned our community to make cases,” DEA Special Agent David Howell told AP.

DEA agents in New Mexico allegedly allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills onto streets between 2023-2025, prioritizing larger cases over immediate seizures. This tactic,…

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is facing scrutiny after an investigation by the Associated Press alleged that federal agents allowed hundreds of thousands…

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Agents repeatedly monitored shipments of fentanyl pills but did not seize them, records show

Estrategias implementadas para seguir el rastro de las drogas en Nuevo México generaron preocupación de agentes y expertos

“We poisoned our community to make cases,” DEA Special Agent David Howell said in a series of interviews in New Mexico. “Through our own willful blindness, we get to say, ‘We…