Former DEA head Derek Maltz said the reported presence of Colombian veterans in the ranks of Mexican cartels strengthens the ...

Bill Piper is the director of national affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance. The resignation of the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Michele Leonhart, comes as no surprise to those ...

As head of the DEA, Chronister would be expected to play a key role in that effort, overseeing efforts to interdict drugs from Mexico and fentanyl precursor chemicals from China. The DEA ...

The man who has been running the Atlanta division of the DEA is now in charge of the day-to-day operations of the DEA ...

The DEA had been offering up to $1 million for information leading to the arrest of Jorge Humberto Figueroa, a leader of the infamous Sinaloa cartel.

Riley said the new head of the DEA has a chance to make up ground. "Our opportunity is really good right now to do damage on both sides of the border," Riley said. One of the most powerful tools ...

Maltz is expected to help lead that effort as head of DEA and through his relationships with leaders of other law enforcement and intelligence agents here and abroad. “Derek Maltz has been ...

The DEA position will play a key role in Trump ... Chad Chronister, the Florida sheriff tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Drug Enforcement Administration, said Tuesday he ...

A former deputy head of the DEA office in Dallas, Daniel Salter, said he and the special agent in charge there made that decision, not Cole. At least three senior Mexican police officials who ...