ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A third Drug Enforcement Administration agent has filed a retaliation complaint saying Albuquerque supervisors let more than 50,000 fentanyl pills and over 20 pounds of meth reach New Mexico.
Documents say DEA supervisors in Albuquerque arrested a courier in November 2022, then let him walk away under the supervision of the assistant special agent in charge of the office.
The documents say agents tracked the courier’s cellphone and believed he made at least five large deliveries from Arizona to New Mexico. They say he brought between 50,000 and 100,000 fentanyl pills and 20 to 40 pounds of meth per trip.
The whistleblower says he raised concerns after DEA agents waited more than six months to arrest the courier again. The third agent filed a retaliation complaint against the agency’s leadership, claiming he faced consequences for speaking up, like the first whistleblower to come forward, David Howell.
“This complaint is because this employee in the DEA’s Albuquerque district office was someone who had drawn attention to the walking of fentanyl in the office received some repercussions for that. Also highlighted other public safety concerns and most pressingly was really strongly chastised by the top DEA official in Albuquerque whose name is Jeffrey Armijo,” said Tristan Leavitt, attorney for the whistleblower and president of Empower Oversight.
“The retaliation ranged from being cut out of certain, of the loop on some of their projects. Most...
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