Did US drug agents allow lethal fentanyl to hit New Mexico’s streets?

According to an explosive Associated Press investigation based on whistleblower testimony, the Drug Enforcement Agency may have allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to flood Albuquerque in hopes of securing a larger drug-trafficking bust. A former DEA agent who filed a complaint in twenty twenty-three claims that agency officials 'sat back and watched' as lethal fentanyl hit the streets of a city still struggling with an ongoing opioid crisis. The allegation raises serious questions about whether federal drug agents broke the law and knowingly gambled with public safety in pursuit of a bigger case. While overdose deaths are declining in many parts of the country, Albuquerque continues to struggle with the devastating aftermath of the opioid epidemic.

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