ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Mayor Tim Keller said claims that the Drug Enforcement Administration let hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills into New Mexico feel like a betrayal.
The allegations follow an Associated Press report about DEA whistleblower David Howell and fentanyl pill shipments in New Mexico.
Howell told The Associated Press the federal government monitored fentanyl pill shipments between 2023 and 2025 but did not seize them.
Howell said the DEA did that to build bigger criminal cases against traffickers.
“You find out that our own government has been flooding the streets with fenanyl. On the one hand it’s almost like a betrayal of us trying to keep people safe. On the other hand it’s likely they caused hundreds of people to die,” said Keller.
Keller said he had no idea it was happening.
“Their callous disregard for, ‘Oh it’s Albuquerque,’ or ‘it’s New Mexico.’ It’s almost like we’re collateral in some bigger scheme. It’s disgusting.” said Keller.
A DEA spokesperson said it is not possible to seize every shipment of every drug.
The spokesperson said the accusations are false and fundamentally mischaracterize the facts.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham sent the following statement Wednesday:
“I am appalled by reporting this week by the Associated Press and Albuquerque Journal that revealed federal authorities made a deliberate decision to let hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills flood into New Mexico communities, despite knowing that fentanyl is so lethal the White...
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