{
  "id": 17057966,
  "title": "Whistleblower claims DEA tactic is worsening New Mexico's fentanyl crisis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/whistleblower-claims-dea-tactic-is-worsening-new-mexicos-fentanyl",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-29T12:03:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/whistleblower-claims-dea-tactic-is-worsening-new-mexicos-fentanyl-crisis/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As New Mexico grapples with a growing fentanyl crisis, a veteran DEA agent alleges the agency used a tactic to let fentanyl reach the streets to build bigger drug cases and that it's putting lives at risk. He says managers \"didn't listen\" to his warnings.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}