WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration announced the results of a week-long enforcement surge aimed at dismantling the Sinaloa Cartel, designated in February as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
From August 25 through August 29, 2025, DEA agents conducted coordinated actions across 23 domestic field divisions and seven foreign regions. The operation resulted in 617 arrests and the seizure of:
- 480 kilograms of fentanyl powder
- 714,707 counterfeit pills
- 2,209 kilograms of methamphetamine
- 7,469 kilograms of cocaine
- 55 kilograms of heroin
- $11,111,483 in currency
- $1,697,313 in assets
- 420 firearms
DEA Administrator Terrance Cole said the actions reflect the agency’s commitment to dismantling the cartel’s command and control networks, calling each seizure and arrest “lives saved and communities defended.”
The Sinaloa Cartel operates in at least 40 countries and is responsible for the production and trafficking of synthetic drugs including fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin. The DEA said the surge reflects its ongoing efforts, in coordination with domestic and international partners, to protect American families and communities from cartel-driven drug trafficking.
