近距离内射合集

State Attorney General Ra煤l Torrez is asking for the voluntary cooperation of the U.S. Attorney鈥檚 Office in New Mexico as his office looks into reports that federal agents permitted massive amounts of fentanyl to be delivered in the state from 2022 to 2025.

Torrez鈥檚 office wants federal prosecutors and the Drug Enforcement Administration to produce numerous types of records covering fentanyl trafficking investigations. They include documents reflecting decisions to seize or not to seize fentanyl loads that agents learned about from surveillance of suspects and wiretaps.

鈥淭he DEA has publicly represented that 鈥榯he investigative decisions at issue were lawful, reasonable under the circumstances and consistent with Department guidance,鈥欌�� states a letter Torrez sent Wednesday to First Assistant U.S. Attorney for New Mexico Ryan Ellison.

鈥淐onsidering the lethality of fentanyl and the high overdose rate in New Mexico, it is vital for (the New Mexico Department of Justice) to be provided with a full record to test that representation,鈥� said Torrez, a former federal prosecutor.

Ellison鈥檚 office on Thursday didn鈥檛 immediately return a request for comment about Torrez鈥檚 letter, but has previously told the Journal that 鈥渙ur office strictly scrutinizes all available information to prioritize removing fentanyl from our community while not jeopardizing large-scale investigations that present the opportunity to take down entire fentanyl distribution networks. I have very little patience for letting fentanyl pills out on the street when it can be avoided.鈥�

The AG investigation will cover the decisions and conduct of the DEA that 鈥渆xposed New Mexicans to vast quantities of fentanyl.鈥� According to whistleblower statements and media reporting, the DEA, potentially in violation of agency policy, deliberately chose not to seize millions of fentanyl pills in New Mexico, thereby resulting in these pills being distributed throughout New Mexico communities, the AG letter states.

鈥淔entanyl is a highly addictive narcotic associated with violent crime, property crime, and deaths due to overdose, and its presence in large quantities in New Mexico has caused substantial harm to the state鈥檚 residents,鈥� the letter states.

Stories by the 近距离内射合集 and The Associated Press on June 22 showed that DEA agents monitoring court-authorized wiretaps repeatedly opted not to seize fentanyl loads in the Albuquerque area in an effort to build bigger trafficking cases for prosecution. Estimates of how many of the dangerous pills went unseized range from hundreds of thousands to more than 2 million.

鈥淭he decision of the DEA to allow millions of fentanyl pills to be distributed to New Mexico residents had disastrous real-world consequences. During the relevant period, national overdose deaths fell 14 percent while New Mexico recorded a 21 percent increase鈥� the largest such spike in the nation,鈥� the letter states.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on June 24 formally requested Torrez鈥檚 Department of Justice investigate the matter and determine whether to seek criminal prosecution or civil remedies.

Torrez鈥檚 letter notes that the attorney general of New Mexico has a statutory duty to prosecute any civil or criminal matter in which the state of New Mexico may be a party or 鈥渨hen requested to do so by the governor.鈥�

Typically, investigative records including affidavits for DEA wiretaps and reports to the judges who authorize them are not public record. Neither is the internal Department of Justice policy governing how federal agents are to protect the public from the risk of fentanyl exposure during wiretap investigations.

Among the records sought:

• Fentanyl seizure policies, protocols, directives, and guidance that were in effect in New Mexico and elsewhere in the U.S. from 2017 to 2025.

• DEA investigative reports, surveillance logs, operational summaries, wiretap monitoring records, case agent notes, and supervisory review or approval records relating to fentanyl investigations in the District of New Mexico from 2022 through 2025, including all documents reflecting a decision to seize or not seize fentanyl during an investigation.

• Communications between DEA agents and assistant U.S. attorneys or other employees of the U.S. Attorney鈥檚 Office concerning decisions to seize or not seize fentanyl during investigations in the District of New Mexico, including any admonishments or interpretations of policies, protocols, directives, or guidance.

• Federal court filings in which federal prosecutors or DEA agents referenced unseized fentanyl pills from fentanyl deliveries monitored or observed by the DEA in New Mexico between 2022 and 2025.

• Records reflecting whether the nonseizure practice in New Mexico was used, considered or rejected in other districts.

• Records supporting or refuting the DEA鈥檚 public statements that its fentanyl seizure practices in New Mexico between 2022 and 2025 are 鈥渃onsistent with Department guidance.鈥�

• Communications regarding the governor鈥檚 request that Torrez鈥檚 office investigate the nonseizure of fentanyl by the DEA in New Mexico and his agency鈥檚 investigation.

• Records reflecting any internal analysis, assessments or communications regarding the public health consequences of decisions not to seize fentanyl, including documented overdose deaths or injuries attributable or potentially attributable to fentanyl pills that went unseized.

The letter states that the Attorney General鈥檚 Office is open to discussing confidentiality agreements or other protective measures to the extent the materials include sensitive law enforcement information, confidential sources, or other privileged or protected materials that can be lawfully produced.

鈥淣MDOJ鈥檚 investigation is time sensitive due to statutes of limitations, the need to avoid evidence or information becoming stale, and the public鈥檚 right to know the truth surrounding the deeply disturbing allegations reported by the media,鈥� Torrez wrote.

The letter asks for production of the requested records by July 31, 鈥渙r provide a production schedule that reflects the urgency and gravity of this matter.鈥�

Colleen Heild is an investigative reporter for the Journal. Reach her at cheild@abqjournal.com.