EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A federal agent who oversees a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration laboratory involved in the investigation of a deadly New Mexico incident, where opioid exposure inside a home claimed three lives, is speaking about the lab’s role in the case.
DEA El Paso Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey Castillo joins KTSM’s Andy Morgan to discuss the growing threat of illicit fentanyl, how it continues to impact communities across the Borderland, and the challenges law enforcement faces as the drug becomes increasingly prevalent.
Three people died and nearly two dozen first responders were hospitalized after exposure to an opioid substance at a home in Mountainair, according to a report by KTSM’s sister station, KRQE.
Illicit drug exposure tied to Mountainair incident that killed 3
According to the report, laboratory analysis — done by the El Paso DEA’s Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Team — confirmed the presence of fentanyl, methamphetamine and another form of fentanyl called P-4…