Feds allowed millions of fentanyl pills to 'walk' on New Mexico streets: DEA Whistleblower
The whistleblower says DEA agents let fentanyl shipments pass to build cartel cases, while Empower Oversight seeks an end to retaliation and a probe.
- On Wednesday, Congress will interview DEA whistleblower David Howell, who alleges the agency allowed over one million fentanyl pills to 'walk' into New Mexico communities between 2023 and 2025 to build larger cases.
- Attorney Tristan Leavitt, president of Empower Oversight, represents Howell, a 19-year agency veteran who claims the 'walking' strategy violated 2019 DOJ protocols requiring agents to seize fentanyl when probable cause exists.
- Leavitt compared the allegations to the Obama-era 'Fast and Furious scandal,' while Howell told the Associated Press that 'through our own willful blindness,' the agency's refusal to act '100% got people killed.'
- Sen. Bernie Moreno called the incident 'a scandal of the highest order,' while the DEA stated its 'investigative decisions at issue were lawful, reasonable under the circumstances.'
- Empower Oversight is demanding an immediate end to retaliation against Howell and has requested a federal investigation into whether fentanyl 'walking' extended beyond Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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The Toronto Star
New Mexico governor calls for criminal probe of DEA allowing fentanyl shipments to hit streets
New Mexico’s governor on Wednesday called for a criminal investigation into the Drug Enforcement Administration after an Associated Press investigation found federal agents allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills
Daily Journal
New Mexico governor calls for criminal probe after AP report that DEA let staggering number of fentanyl pills hit street
New Mexico governor calls for criminal probe after AP report that DEA let staggering number of fentanyl pills hit street.
DEA Stood By as Fentanyl Hit Streets
According to current and former DEA agents and records reviewed by The Associated Press, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico from 2023 to 2025.
Whistleblower: DEA Permitted Fentanyl On Streets To Target Cartels
An investigation by The Associated Press has revealed that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach the streets in New Mexico between 2023 and 2025 as part of a strategy to build larger cases against drug traffickers. According to the report, DEA agents monitored shipments via wiretaps and other intelligence but often did not seize them immediately. The tactic, described as a form of…
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DEA Whistleblower Alleges Federal Officials Let More Than 1 Million Fentanyl Pills Reach New Mexico Streets
A lawyer for DEA Special Agent David Howell says the Biden-era operation ignored Justice Department fentanyl protocols and endangered the public while prosecutors pursued larger ... The post DEA Whistleblower Alleges Federal Officials Let More Than 1 Million Fentanyl Pills Reach New Mexico Streets first appeared on [your]NEWS.
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