N.M. DELEGATION DEMANDS ANSWERS AFTER REPORTS OF DEA DECLINING TO SEIZE MASSIVE FENTANYL SHIPMENTS, CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE REFORMS TO STOP DEADLY FENTANYL FROM REACHING NEW MEXICO COMMUNITIES

Washington, July 10 -- Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez issued the following press release:

U.S. Representatives Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) sent a letter demanding answers from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Terrance Cole on why the DEA allowed large quantities of fentanyl to circulate unseized (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/dea-fentanyl-unseized-drugs-new-mexico-8f5b546e668e5007c64078da74b90903__;!!BSgrhSFG!Bgt7pzmoi3R22IapGRKtk-_EEnS-YmRTkVc2E4HUZD7cHif17puqBhdOfRpZdiMHI0iLVXHSDaSPv7ixX4OcjNgRX_fVAT8dEisx8I0lJA$) in New Mexico communities.

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