DEA allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach New Mexico streets, agents and records show
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The DEA permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach 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. Agents repeatedly monitored shipments of fentanyl pills but did not seize them, allowing the deadly drug to flow into communities during the worst drug epidemic in American history.
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Agents repeatedly monitored shipments of fentanyl pills but did not seize them, records show
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