New Mexico governor calls for criminal probe of DEA allowing fentanyl shipments to hit streets
The request follows an AP investigation that said agents monitored 74,000 pills in Albuquerque and other shipments between 2023 and 2025.
- On Thursday, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham asked Attorney General Raúl Torrez to investigate whether Drug Enforcement Administration agents broke state law by allowing fentanyl shipments to reach New Mexico streets.
- This request follows Associated Press and Albuquerque Journal reporting that the DEA monitored but did not seize major fentanyl shipments, including a 2023 delivery of 74,000 pills at an Albuquerque mobile home park.
- Agent David Howell first raised concerns in a 2023 whistleblower complaint, describing the DEA's strategy as one that "poisoned our community to make cases" rather than prioritizing public safety.
- DEA Administrator Terry Cole requested a Justice Department inspector general investigation Thursday, citing "significant public attention" and questions regarding the agency's "operational decisions, supervisory oversight, and response to concerns."
- Lujan Grisham's move concludes a three-year effort to secure federal resources, with repeated requests to federal officials dating back to June 21, 2022, for additional agents to combat drug trafficking and violent crime.
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New Mexico Governor Demands Criminal Probe of DEA After Report Says Agents Let Fentanyl Slip By
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"Knew People Would Die": New Mexico Democrat Governor Erupts at Biden DEA Program Allowing Fentanyl Into State
(The Daily Signal)—New Mexico’s Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham blasted a Drug Enforcement Administration program that began in the Biden administration and allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to flood the state. The governor said she wrote state Attorney General Raúl Torrez, also a Democrat, and asked him to investigate whether federal agents broke state law by allowing lethal drugs to remain in New Mexico, “and to prosecute an…
New Mexico Investigates Biden-era Fentanyl Flow
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is calling for a probe into the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) after fentanyl flooded the state during the Biden administration. “I am appalled by reporting this week by the Associated Press and Albuquerque Journal that revealed federal authorities made a deliberate decision to let hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills flood into New Mexico communities, despite knowing that fentanyl is so letha…
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