DEA Tactic that Let Fentanyl Flood the Streets Is Being Investigated by House Republicans
House Republicans say DEA agents let hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills reach New Mexico streets to build larger drug cases.
- On Monday, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer requested Justice Department records regarding the Drug Enforcement Administration's strategy of monitoring, rather than seizing, major fentanyl shipments.
- The inquiry follows reports that DEA agents in New Mexico repeatedly allowed large shipments to hit the streets between 2023 and 2025 to build criminal cases, despite the agency's 'One Pill Can Kill' awareness campaign.
- Whistleblowers reported agents in Albuquerque watched as couriers transported up to 100,000 fentanyl pills into hotels; a former supervisor claimed the network could have been dismantled six months earlier without this practice.
- Last week, New Mexico Attorney General Torrez sued the Justice Department to force release of similar records, while the department's internal watchdog announced a nationwide policy review this month.
- DEA Administrator Terry Cole defended the agency's methods this month, describing investigations as long-term and complex operations while noting the need to stay "100% focused on the adversary.
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"As a result, New Mexico was heavily effected by fentanyl with a nearly 21 percent increase in fentanyl poisoning deaths compared to a 14 percent decrease in the United States overall."
DEA Tactic That Let Fentanyl Flood the Streets Investigated by House Republicans
(MedPage Today) -- A controversial policing tactic that permitted staggering amounts of deadly fentanyl to reach the streets as federal authorities sought to build bigger drug cases is now under investigation by Republicans on the House Oversight...
US House Republicans open probe into allegations DEA let fentanyl flow into New Mexico
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday announced an investigation into allegations that federal drug enforcement agents knowingly let fentanyl cross into New Mexico. In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chair Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) requested records related to the DEA’s controversial practice known as “fentanyl walking."
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