{"id":1920314,"date":"2023-04-27T17:10:30","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T21:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dea-chief-wont-say-if-mexico-cooperates-enough-in-fight-against-drug-cartels\/"},"modified":"2023-04-27T17:13:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T21:13:25","slug":"dea-chief-wont-say-if-mexico-cooperates-enough-in-fight-against-drug-cartels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dea-chief-wont-say-if-mexico-cooperates-enough-in-fight-against-drug-cartels\/","title":{"rendered":"DEA Chief Won\u2019t Say If Mexico Cooperates Enough in Fight Against Drug Cartels"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdea-chief-wont-say-if-mexico-cooperates-enough-in-fight-against-drug-cartels%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1920314&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0427\/b2a87b91-3885-417f-b124-b9e281ae1ab6\/audio.mp3?length=6776973&#038;duration=565\"><\/div>\n<h2>DEA Chief Dodges Questions on Mexico\u2019s Cooperation in Fighting Drug Cartels<\/h2>\n<p>During an April 27 budget hearing, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram was grilled by Republican members of a House Appropriations Committee panel about Mexico\u2019s cooperation in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dea-chief-wont-say-if-mexico-cooperates-enough-in-fight-against-drug-cartels\/\" title=\"DEA Chief Won\u2019t Say If Mexico Cooperates Enough in Fight Against Drug Cartels\">fighting drug cartels<\/a>. However, Milgram repeatedly declined to answer the pointed questions, leaving the representatives frustrated.<\/p>\n<h3>The Greatest Drug Threat This Country Has Ever Faced<\/h3>\n<p>When asked about Mexico\u2019s cooperation, Milgram simply described the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation criminal organizations as \u201cthe greatest drug threat this country has ever faced.\u201d She estimated that more than 107,000 Americans died last year from violence and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">drug overdose<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Electric Vehicles for DEA Agents?<\/h3>\n<p>Representative John Carter (R-Texas) asked Milgram if it is practical for DEA agents chasing drug couriers in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to drive Electric Vehicles (EVs), as recently directed by President Joe Biden. Milgram only said the DEA is required to do as directed by Biden, and she assured the Texas representative that she \u201cwill do everything I can and the men and woman of DEA will do everything they can to do the work that needs to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>DEA Contracts Under Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>Representative Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) asked Milgram about an investigation being conducted by Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horowitz into allegations that millions of dollars in DEA sole source contracts are being awarded to political cronies of Milgram. Milgram remained oblique, promising to \u201cget back to you\u201d on how many no<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-republican-assemblyman-calls-for-corruption-investigation-into-newsom\/\" title=\"California Republican Assemblyman Calls for Corruption Investigation Into Newsom\">-bid contracts<\/a> have been awarded by the DEA and the total dollar value.<\/p>\n<h2>Tempers Flare on \u2018Open Border\u2019 Claim<\/h2>\n<p>Tempers flared later when Representative Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.) offered for the record a September 22, 2022, NBC opinion column titled \u201cThe GOP\u2019s Myth of an Open Border.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-post-editorial-board-the-week-in-whoppers-joy-reids-ugly-slurs-wapos-scaremongering-and-more\/\" title=\"NY Post Editorial Board: The Week in Whoppers: Joy Reid\u2019s Ugly Slurs, Wapo\u2019s Scaremongering and More\">column claimed<\/a> that \u201ccontrary to the \u2018open border\u2019 myth, U.S. borders are not open.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DEA Administrator Anne Milgram repeatedly declined to answer questions from Republican members of a House Appropriations Committee panel about Mexico\u2019s cooperation in fighting drug cartels.<\/li>\n<li>Milgram described the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation criminal organizations as \u201cthe greatest drug threat this country has ever faced.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Representative John Carter (R-Texas) asked Milgram if it is practical for DEA agents chasing drug couriers in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to drive Electric Vehicles (EVs).<\/li>\n<li>Representative Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) asked Milgram about an investigation into allegations that millions of dollars in DEA sole source contracts are being awarded to political cronies of Milgram.<\/li>\n<li>Tempers flared when Representative Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.) offered for the record a September 22, 2022, NBC opinion column titled \u201cThe GOP\u2019s Myth of an Open Border.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t<strong>Stay tuned for more updates on this developing story.<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram repeatedly declined to answer a host of pointed questions from Republican members of a House Appropriations Committee panel during an April 27 budget hearing, including whether she thinks Mexico is cooperating enough with the United States in fighting the drug cartels flooding the country with fentanyl. 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