Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/article/dea-fentanyl-unseized-drugs-new-mexico-8f5b546e668e5007c64078da74b90903

Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show
By JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN
Updated 12:16 AM CDT, June 22, 2026

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Even as it battled the deadliest drug epidemic in American history, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico between 2023 and 2025, according to three current and former DEA agents and government records reviewed by The Associated Press.

DEA agents repeatedly monitored shipments of fentanyl pills — but did not seize them — as federal prosecutors sought to bring bigger criminal cases against traffickers of a synthetic opioid that the White House last year designated a “ weapon of mass destruction.”

Agents and experts, however, said the tactic amounted to a gamble with public safety that potentially imperiled communities in and around Albuquerque and may have violated U.S. Justice Department rules intended to safeguard the public.

The DEA has long contended it would not be plausible to seize every shipment of every drug. But the strategy of allowing staggering amounts of counterfeit painkillers to hit the streets shocked several veteran agents who spoke with AP.

Albuquerque, which has a neighborhood so besieged by drugs it’s known as “War Zone,” and other regions in New Mexico remain at the epicenter of the fentanyl epidemic. While overdose deaths nationwide fell 14% last year, government data show New Mexico tallied a 21% spike.

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[Lovie777]

1. Blowing up fishermen boats is apparently a sport's event for the present administration.............

and of course gaslighting it while it blames the duly justified reason on drugs trafficking.

And yet, from articles which seemed like they have disappeared from publication and our stupid corporate media have their tails between their legs will not cover it....................

"2026 - more influx of drugs have infiltrated In USA".

[flvegan]

2. Sounds like fentanyl is/was killing the "right" people then.

It's just the latest chapter in the (now 50 plus year) "War on Drugs" history.

[Norrrm]

3. Trump is so concerned about fentanyl in this country, that he pardoned a fentanyl dealer.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220359820#

Trump is so concerned about fentanyl in this country, that he pardoned a fentanyl dealer.

and

[Norrrm]

4. Vance verifies that republicans are the main abusers of fentanyl.

https://www.newsweek.com/maga-voter-deaths-fentanyl-via-border-does-look-intentional-jd-vance-1702428

J.D. Vance’s claim that Biden is targeting ‘MAGA voters’ with fentanyl

“If you wanted to kill a bunch of MAGA voters in the middle of the heartland, how better than to target them and their kids with this deadly fentanyl? … It does look intentional. It’s like Joe Biden wants to punish the people who didn’t vote for him and opening up the floodgates to the border is one way to do it.