Escalation: Governor Lujan Grisham demands criminal DEA probe
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham asked Attorney General Raúl Torrez to open a criminal investigation into whether Drug Enforcement Administration agents broke state law by allowing fentanyl shipments to move into communities during trafficking investigations. She asked him to pursue charges if the evidence warrants it.
She cited an instance in which agents watched a delivery of 74,000 fentanyl pills to an Albuquerque mobile home park without intervening. She said federal officers may have allowed loads to continue to build bigger cases, but argued the approach failed to protect public safety in New Mexico.
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