DEA allowed large shipments of fentanyl to reach users: report
Defense And Security,War On Drugs,DEA,Fentanyl,Public Safety,Justice Department,New Mexico
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach users in New Mexico between 2023 and 2025.
The decision to monitor but not seize the shipments was part of a tactic to gather intelligence and build cases against major drug trafficking organizations, the Associated Press reported.
David Howell, DEA special agent, told the Associated Press that the "willful blindness" of the tactic "poisoned our communities" and got people killed...
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