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

    By The Washington Times June 22, 2026
    Even as it battled the deadliest drug epidemic in American history, the 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.
    Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show

    Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach New Mexico streets between 2023 and 2025. This occurred even as the DEA was actively fighting the nation’s deadliest drug epidemic. The information comes from DEA agents and government records reviewed by the Associated Press.

    • Hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills were permitted to reach New Mexico streets between 2023 and 2025.
    • This occurred while the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was engaged in combating a major drug epidemic.
    • Information is based on statements from DEA agents and reviewed government records.
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