4 Investigates: Exclusive Interview with the DEA Whistleblower

4 Investigates: Exclusive interview with the DEA whistleblower

On August 20, 2026, Special Agent David Howell sat down for an exclusive interview reflecting on two decades spent fighting drug trafficking in New Mexico and explaining why he ultimately became a whistleblower against his own agency.

DEA Whistleblower Claims Agency Allowed Millions Of Fentanyl Pills To Reach US Streets

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Former DEA Agent Alleges Leadership Allowed Fentanyl to Circulate in New Mexico for Larger Cases

A former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent has publicly alleged that the agency's leadership permitted a strategy that intentionally allowed fentanyl to circulate in New Mexico in order to cultivate larger criminal investigations. The whistleblower contends that this approach, which prioritized building comprehensive drug cases over immediate interdiction, has exacerbated the state's ongoing fentanyl crisis and placed local residents a…

Whistleblower: DEA Let Millions of Fentanyl Pills on Streets

DEA whistleblower says agency allowed millions of fentanyl pills on the streets

DEA Special Agent David Howell tells CBS News the agency tasked with enforcing federal drug laws has allowed millions of fentanyl pills to hit the streets.