“The defendants in the charges announced today are alleged to be responsible for significantly contributing to the devastation caused by the opioid crisis by knowingly supplying pill-mill pharmacies and coaching pharmacy operators on how to evade law enforcement detection. According to the charging documents, they knowingly sold bulk narcotics to...

“Today’s guilty verdict sends a clear message that the DEA will stop at nothing to investigate and dismantle criminal drug networks that threaten the safety and health of the American people. As one of the highest-ranking members of the Jalisco Cartel, Oseguera-Gonzalez was responsible for pushing vast quantities of cocaine...

"Defeating the Sinaloa cartel is DEA’s top operational priority and today, with the capture and additional charges filed against Ismael Zambada Garcia we are that much closer. Better known as ‘El Mayo’, Zambada Garcia is the co-founder and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most ruthless and dangerous...

“Today we announce charges brought against the five individuals who, together, are responsible for the death of Matthew Perry. We allege each of the defendants played a key role in his death by falsely prescribing, selling, or injecting the ketamine that caused Matthew Perry’s tragic death. Matthew Perry’s journey began...

"Haji Abdul Satar Abdul Manaf was a double threat to the United States - he laundered money for terrorist organizations, like the Haqqani Network - which has kidnapped and held Americans, and he partnered with the Taliban to distribute heroin throughout the world. A DEA undercover agent met directly with...

“The arrest of Ismael Zambada García, better known as “El Mayo,” one of the alleged founders and leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, strikes at the heart of the cartel that is responsible for the majority of drugs, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, killing Americans from coast to coast. El Mayo is...

DEA is top operational priority is to defeat the cartels that are flooding the United States with deadly drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine. The Sinaloa Cartel is a ruthless, violent, global criminal enterprise that is responsible for killing Americans and devastating communities from coast to coast. They do this for...

“The defendants in this case operated Done Global Inc., an online telehealth website that prescribed Adderall and other highly addictive medications to patients who bought a monthly subscription. The defendants allegedly preyed on Americans and put profits over patients by exploiting telemedicine rules that facilitated access to medications during the...

"I want to thank the Subcommittee for inviting me to testify today on National Fentanyl Awareness Day. It is appropriate that on National Fentanyl Awareness Day, that I am given the opportunity to highlight for you the national tragedy that is being caused by fentanyl. According to the CDC, in...

WASHINGTON – DEA first warned the public of a sharp increase in fentanyl seizures containing xylazine in our March 2023 Public Safety Alert . Since that time, xylazine’s growing prevalence in the fentanyl supply continues to make the deadliest drug threat facing this country even deadlier. In 2023, 30% of...