New Mexico Attorney General Torrez says feds wrongly denied his request for fentanyl records

By: Patrick Lohmann

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: August 3, 2026

Words: 451

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Monday announced that the United States Department of Justice had denied his office’s requests for records relating to allegations that federal drug agents allowed large quantities of fentanyl to enter New Mexico communities without seizing them.

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The New Mexico Department of Justice in early July demanded a wide array of records regarding the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s …

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