DEA Agent Tarentino to Newsmax: ‘Tremendous Success’ in NYC Arrests

DEA Agent Tarentino to Newsmax: 'Tremendous Success' in NYC Arrests

DEA Agent Tarentino to Newsmax: ‘Tremendous Success’ in NYC Arrests

The Drug Enforcement Administration is continuing its work with all partners from federal law enforcement agencies to go after the “most violent, criminal, illegal drug traffickers” in New York City as criminal immigrants in the United States illegally are being sought out for deportation, DEA Special Agent in Charge Frank Tarentino told Newsmax Sunday. 

“What the DEA has done is prioritized those investigations that involve illegal criminals and we’ve had tremendous success in recent weeks going after and arresting those people,” Tarentino said on Newsmax’s “Sunday Report.”

He said that gang members with groups like the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua and MS-13 are topping the list, and there has been “great success in recent weeks” in arresting them.

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