- AP reporting and a DEA whistleblower say agents allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills into New Mexico to build bigger federal cases.
- The DEA and Justice Department defend the practice as lawful "walking" to catch bigger targets, and internal reviews cleared their decisions despite an Office of Special Counsel alert.
- Fentanyl is deadly in tiny amounts (a few milligrams can kill), and the episode — including a monitored 74,000‑pill shipment — has raised public-safety and secrecy concerns.
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