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Ben Ray Luján: “Those unseized shipments can't be accounted for as many as…”

Featuring: Ben Ray Luján, Democratic | U.S. Senate New Mexico

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John Cornyn Leads Senate International Narcotics Control Caucus Hearing On Mexican Drug Cartels

Published | Video Starts at 49:43

… unseized as part of a broader effort to gather intelligence and build cases against major drug traffickers. My question, sir, is built off what a DEA whistleblower said, which is Those unseized shipments can't be accounted for as many as 1.8 million pills. Yes or no? During your time as A de agent. Was it standard operating procedure to allow millions of fentanyl pills to go unseat? (49:43–49:51)

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Asserts that unseized drug shipments in New Mexico may account for as many as 1.8 million pills.

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