DOJ suspends DEA searches at airports over civil rights concerns
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice has directed the Drug Enforcement Administration to cease consensual searches at airports and other public transportation facilities following hearings about possible civil rights violations. Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced the suspension after hearing concerns about the DEA's traffic interdiction operations, including conducting consensual searches. […]
Tren de Aragua Activity in Texas ‘Just the Beginning,’ Says Former DEA Agent
A former Drug Enforcement Administration special agent says the activities of the deadly Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) in Texas may be “just the beginning.” “TdA is a criminal enterprise, and it grows and metastasizes,” said former DEA Special Agent Michael Brown. said NBCDFW this week. “So right now in some communities in […]
Biden-Harris DEA Leaves Major Texas Border Drug Corridor Exposed
EAGLE PASS, Texas — According to a Department of Homeland Security source, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has all but abandoned its offices in Eagle Pass and Del Rio, Texas. One of the border offices has only one special agent working there, and the other has a special agent from the local police force. This […]
Rep. Ritchie Torres presses DEA after animal tranquilizers found in NYC street drugs
WASHINGTON — Bronx Congressman Ritchie Torres is requesting information from the Drug Enforcement Administration after local health officials found the elephant tranquilizer carfentanil and the veterinary anesthetic medetomidine in street drugs in New York City. Carfentanil, a more potent analogue of fentanyl, Eight local opioid samples contained small amounts of the substance. According to the […]