DEA
1 Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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The DEA’s office in Los Angeles has led the agency’s case against him and his close relatives, and the family’s ties to the region have spilled out in court filings.
From Los Angeles Times
It focuses first on Art Keller, a 47-year-old ex-CIA agent hired by the newly formed DEA to help destroy the Mexican opium trade.
I’ve been with U.S. marshals, the DEA, the FBI, and state and local police when they have served warrants or rounded up fugitives.
From Salon
“Never in the history of our agency have we seen this level of bad guys being removed from Mexico,” Maltz, the former DEA chief, said in an interview.
Unlike deploying National Guard troops, cooperation among local police, the DEA and federal prosecutors is well-established.
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