United States Drug Enforcement Administration

DEA remains steadfast in its mission to save lives and protect our communities from the prolific drug traffickers threatening American lives. We have spent the past three years disrupting the operations of the two cartels in Mexico – the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels – responsible for flooding the United States...

La DEA sigue firme en su misión de salvar vidas y proteger a nuestras comunidades de los traficantes de drogas prolíficos que amenazan la vida de los estadounidenses. Durante los últimos tres años, hemos trabajado para interrumpir las operaciones de dos de los cárteles más grandes de México: el Cártel...

We are gathered here today because every single one of us has been impacted by fentanyl in our communities. This issue is not distant. It's personal. It's in our homes. It's in our neighborhoods. It's in our communities. And yet today we also have reason to feel hopeful about the...

“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...

“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...

The 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA) is a comprehensive strategic assessment of illicit drug threats endangering the United States. DEA’s goal in publishing the NDTA is to save American lives by raising awareness and understanding of these threats. This annual assessment provides law enforcement agencies, policy makers, and prevention...

WASHINGTON – DEA is proud to join “Song for Charlie” and many of our valued law enforcement, public health, and non-profit partners in recognizing National Fentanyl Awareness Day. Tomorrow represents an important opportunity to honor those we’ve lost to fentanyl poisonings by educating others about the deadly threat of this...

DEA Administrator Anne Milgram's statement on a potential mass fentanyl poisoning event in Gadsden County, Florida on July 2, 2022.