| Submit your comments on this article |
| -Lurid Crime Tales- |
| New Mexico AG launches criminal investigation into DEA over allegations agents let fentanyl flood state |
| 2026-06-27 |
| [FOX] New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Friday announced a criminal investigation into allegations that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) knowingly allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach New Mexico communities while agents pursued larger criminal investigations. The inquiry comes days after The Associated Press reported that DEA agents repeatedly monitored—but did not seize—large fentanyl shipments between 2023 and 2025 while attempting to build broader criminal cases. Torrez said the investigation will examine potential legal remedies, including criminal prosecution, civil litigation and structural reforms intended to prevent similar conduct by DEA agents in the future. "The families who have lost children, siblings, and parents to fentanyl deserve the truth about what the federal government knew and what it failed to do," Torrez said in a statement. "Make no mistake: the DEA knew people would die if these pills made it into New Mexico communities, and the agency let it happen anyway," Grisham said. "The result: hundreds of New Mexican parents burying their kids. Hundreds of New Mexican kids growing up without stable parents. All while the federal government stood by." Grisham also pointed to allegations that DEA agents monitored the delivery of 74,000 fentanyl pills to a mobile home park in Albuquerque without intervening. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2026-06-27 13:29 |
| #2 |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2026-06-27 12:42 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2026-06-27 10:47 |