The Trump administration has produced a classified Justice Department opinion that authorizes lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to several people familiar with the document.
Federal agents arrested 16 people and seized “record-breaking quantities” of fentanyl, weapons, and cash in a multi-state crackdown on a drug trafficking operation tied to the Sinaloa Cartel.
Border Patrol agents in Southern California seized more than 760 pounds of liquid methamphetamine hidden in a semitruck’s fuel tanks, marking the largest meth bust in the San Diego Sector in two years.
A former Olympic snowboarder accused of running a violent international drug trafficking operation has been added to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, federal authorities announced Thursday.
A Florida police officer has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison after admitting to stealing drugs, cash, and firearms from federal investigations, including swapping a DEA-seized kilogram of cocaine with a fake kilo made from a 3D printer.
In an effort to tackle the growing fentanyl crisis and curb the influence of Mexican drug cartels, the Trump administration has appointed veteran counternarcotics agent Derek Maltz as the acting administrator of the DEA.
Two Department of Homeland Security agents in Utah allegedly funneled confiscated drugs back into the market through an informant, generating up to $300,000 in illicit profits, court documents reveal.
Border Patrol agents in western Texas have been warned of potential gunfire from members of the Sinaloa Cartel following the July arrest of two of its high-profile leaders, according to an internal memo.
