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Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City, Feb. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, file) ** FILE **

El Chapo: U.S. offers $5 million reward for info leading to capture

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

A firearm and 154 pounds of heroin worth at least $50 million are displayed at a Drug Enforcement Administration news conference, Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in New York. The DEA called the heroin seizure its largest ever in New York state. Officials said on Tuesday that most of the drugs were found in an SUV in the Bronx following a wiretap investigation. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Heroin influx, overdose spike alarm U.S. gov’t

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

An unidentified man, center, is escorted from a medical clinic in Little Rock, Ark., by Drug Enforcement Administration officers Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Early morning raids in Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi were the final stage of an operation launched last summer by the DEA's drug diversion unit, a senior DEA official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston) ** FILE **

DEA’s criminal informants run wild under poor management: report

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Federal police guard a drainage pipe outside of the Altiplano maximum security prison in Almoloya, west of Mexico City, Sunday, July 12, 2015. (Associated Press)

U.S. agents warned Mexico of ‘El Chapo’ escape plots in 2014, documents show

By Alicia A. Caldwell - Associated Press

Drug Enforcement Administration telecommunications specialist Glen Glover leaves court in New York, Wednesday, May 20, 2015. were arrested Wednesday on charges they flouted their duties by running a lucrative strip club in New Jersey where prostitution was captured on security video. (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister)

DEA agents accused of helping run New Jersey strip club

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Police car lights. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

DEA agent, worker charged with running strip club on the sly

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DEA agents took $16,000 from Joseph Rivers, a 22, as he was on his way from Michigan to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in the music industry. Mr. Rivers was never charged with a crime, but his money has not been returned. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

DEA seized $16K from man during move to Calif., never charged him with a crime

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Synthetic pot leads to nationwide spike in hospitalizations

By DAVE COLLINS - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 12, 2013 file photo, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Michele Leonhart testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. An Obama administration official says the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration is expected to resign soon. Leonhart is a career drug agent who has led the agency since 2007 and is the second woman to hold the job. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

EDITORIAL: Michele Leonhart resigns from DEA

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

FILE - In this April 12, 2013 file photo, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Michele Leonhart testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. An Obama administration official says the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration is expected to resign soon. Leonhart is a career drug agent who has led the agency since 2007 and is the second woman to hold the job. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Michele Leonhart resigns as DEA chief

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Michele Leonhart speaks in Arlington, Va., on July 26, 2012. (Associated Press) **FILE**

White House mum on DEA chief’s future

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Michele Leonhart speaks in Arlington, Va., on July 26, 2012. (Associated Press) **FILE**

House members denounce DEA administrator

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

The Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington is seen here on May 14, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ex-DEA employee steals $113K with government-issued credit cards

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Rep. Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat, said the report depicted "truly breathtaking recklessness" and showed "DEA agents as completely out of control." (Associated Press)

DEA agents in Colombia prostitute parties not fired, internal report shows

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Pedestrians pass the Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia, late on Thursday, April 19, 2012. U.S. Secret Service employees and military personnel were accused of misconduct in connection with a prostitution scandal at the hotel before President Obama's arrival for the Summit of the Americas. (AP Photo/Pedro Mendoza) ** FILE **

DEA agents hired prostitutes paid for by drug cartels

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Michelle Leonhart testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 12, 2013. Leonhart says the agency never installed surveillance cameras to photograph vehicle license plates near gun shows. The idea was proposed in an internal DEA email as part of an effort to investigate gun-trafficking crimes. Leonhart told The Associated Press in a statement Wednesday that the plan was only a suggestion, never authorized by her agency and never put into action. The AP also learned the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives didn’t authorize or approve the license plate surveillance plan. (Associated Press) **FILE**

DEA chief: U.S. abandoned plan to track cars near gun shows

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Drug Enforcement Administration special agents (Associated Press) **FILE**

DEA secretly tracked Americans’ calls for over a decade, new court document reveals

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

In this April 14, 2014 photo provided by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York, five kilograms of heroin found between a mattress and box spring of a bed in a New York City apartment is shown during a raid by Drug Enforcement Administration agents. Three men were arrested in the major drug bust that recovered more than $12 million in heroin and $500,000 in crystal meth from inside hidden compartments within two New York City apartments. (AP Photo/Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York)

Drug agent in Mexico faces federal fraud, false statement charges

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Justice appealing ruling on DEA’s ‘reckless’ use of witness

By Jim McElhatton - The Washington Times

San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Aldon Smith (99) fights past New York Giants' Weston Richburg during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

DEA queries NFL doctors on illegal prescription allegations

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times