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New Mexico opens criminal probe of DEA after agents allowed fentanyl shipments to hit streets
- New Mexico's Attorney General opened a criminal investigation into whether DEA agents broke state law by allowing fentanyl pills to reach Albuquerque streets between 2023 and 2025.
- DEA agents monitored but did not seize fentanyl shipments during that period to build larger criminal cases, despite the ongoing drug epidemic and the DEA's public campaign warning about fentanyl's lethality.
- Attorney General Raúl Torrez emphasized that federal agents have legal protections when performing their duties but are not above the law and plans to request documents about DEA conduct.
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New Mexico opens criminal probe of DEA after agents allowed fentanyl shipments to hit streets
New Mexico's attorney general has opened a criminal investigation into claims that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach the streets.
·New York, United States
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