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  • Investigations Reporter, Associated Press
  • Erbon W. and Marie Wise Endowed Chair, Northwestern State University of Louisiana
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New Mexico governor says state could seek billions after DEA let fentanyl hit streets

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By Jim Mustian Verified, Joshua Goodman Verified
| Border Report
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s governor said Monday that state officials could pursue billions of dollars in civil damages after revelations that U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents repeatedly allowed shipments of fentanyl to flow into drug-plagued communities as investigators sought to build bigger cases. Democratic Gov.
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New Mexico opens criminal probe of DEA after agents allowed fentanyl shipments to hit streets

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By Jim Mustian Verified
| Border Report
New Mexico’s attorney general on Friday opened a criminal investigation to determine whether U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents broke state law by allowing hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach the streets of Albuquerque. The extraordinary inquiry comes less than a week after The Associated Press reported that DEA agents repeatedly monitored — but did not seize — shipments of the synthetic opioid in a bid to build bigger criminal cases between 2023 and 2025.
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DEA asks watchdog to investigate claims that agents permitted fentanyl to hit the streets

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By Jim Mustian Verified
| Border Report
The federal Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday asked the U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog to investigate a whistleblower’s claims that DEA agents permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico. The request came days after an Associated Press investigation found agents repeatedly monitored — but did not seize — major shipments of the synthetic opioid in a bid to build bigger criminal cases between 2023 and 2025.
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