DEA Chicago's New Top Enforcer Discusses Priorities, Battling Cartel Influence in Drug Trafficking
Todd Smith brings 20 years of Chicago narcotics experience to lead DEA efforts targeting evolving cartel drug threats and improving enforcement partnerships, with fentanyl lethality down to 29%, he said.
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Todd Smith helped bring down Chicago's biggest drug traffickers. Now he's running the DEA here.
Todd Smith spearheaded the federal investigation that brought down Chicago’s biggest drug traffickers, twin brothers Margarito and Pedro Flores.In the mid-2000s, the Drug Enforcement Administration agent was on a team that started arresting street-level gang members and worked their way up to the twins — and eventually, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel himself, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, known as “El Chapo.”“One of the things I was primarily involved…
Todd Smith helped bring down Chicago’s biggest drug traffickers. Now he’s running the DEA here.
Todd Smith spearheaded the federal investigation that brought down Chicago’s biggest drug traffickers, twin brothers Margarito and Pedro Flores. In the mid-2000s, the Drug Enforcement Administration agent was on a team that started arresting street-level gang members and worked their way up to the twins — and eventually, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel himself, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, known as “El Chapo.” “One of the things I was primarily involv…
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