Adam IsacsonNo appreciable impact on illicit drug supplies, misalignment with other foreign policy goals, and a string of humiliating scandals.
The DEA seems off the rails. It desperately needs oversight. (In the quote, “Landau” is Chris Landau, Trump’s ambassador to #Mexico.)
DEA Mexico chief quietly ousted over ties to drug lawyers
MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration quietly ousted its former top official in Mexico last year over improper contact with lawyers for narcotraffickers, an embarrassing end to a brief tenure marked by deteriorating cooperation between the countries and a record flow of cocaine, heroin and fentanyl across the border.