As DEA honors Police Week 2026, we also celebrate the 25th anniversary of the time-honored tradition of the DEA Black and Gold Pipes and Drums. This esteemed group was established in 2001. After learning non-DEA employees were performing at sacred events such as the DEA Memorial Service, six DEA Special...

The Los Angeles Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF), along with its partners at the Glendale Police Department, made a major, potentially lifesaving, drug seizure earlier this week in support of Operation Take Back America. Investigators from the Los Angeles HSTF, working in partnership with the Glendale Police Department, stopped a...

The hunt is over. This week, Bolivian law enforcement captured Sebastián Enrique Marset Cabrera, transferring custody to DEA Agents, who escorted him to the U.S. following his expulsion from Bolivia. Described as a ‘modern day Pablo Escobar’, Marset will face justice in the United States for his alleged crimes. “Nearly...

The Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of State, has announced reward offers of up to $5 million each for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of brothers René Arzate-García, also known as “La Rana,” and Alfonso Arzate-García, also known...

As millions of Americans turned their attention to football’s biggest stage ahead of Super Bowl LX in San Francisco, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and NFL Alumni Health (NFLAH) leaned into the power of the week, because it’s not just about entertainment, it’s also about influence. For the third consecutive...

Every year, Aliviane, (an addiction recovery center in El Paso) organizes an annual conference to highlight the prevalent issues in the community, and to educate parents on various health and legal consequences of substance use. “Our annual conference aims at bridging the gaps of knowledge or highlighting prevalent issues in...

The current fentanyl crisis is a major issue in communities all across the United States – communities of every type, cultural affiliation, and socioeconomic status. The DEA’s Washington Division has been taking a proactive approach to this issue in the Nation’s Capital – partnering with their federal, state, and local...

The DEA Washington Division is warning area residents of a new drug, emerging in the D.C. metropolitan area that is as dangerous and deadly as fentanyl. This week, the DEA Washington Division brought local news outlets into their regional laboratory to see and discuss a dangerous class of drugs they...

When a tribute display to fallen DEA employees was first developed in the 1980s, it was comprised of a series of wooden shields with names and dates of fallen heroes listed. Once DEA moved to its current headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, it was decided in the mid-1990s that a more...

As the new year rolls in, Drug Enforcement Administration Divisions across the U.S. are seeing overdose deaths climb at an alarming rate, especially those caused by the synthetic opioid, fentanyl. Only weeks ago, the DEA reported overdose deaths in the U.S. had topped 100,000 for the first time over a...