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Report: DEA allowed fentanyl to hit streets during investigation

NPR | By Christopher Harland-Dunaway,

Juana Summers, Patrick Jarenwattananon

Published June 25, 2026 at 2:52 PM CDT

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with AP reporter Jim Mustian, whose investigation found that federal drug agents allowed large quantities of fentanyl onto New Mexico streets in order to make bigger cases.

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Christopher Harland-Dunaway

Juana Summers

Juana Summers is a co-host of NPR's All Things Considered, alongside Ailsa Chang, Ari Shapiro and Mary Louise Kelly. She joined All Things Considered in June 2022.

Patrick Jarenwattananon