Writing / La Voz de Michoacán
Washington, United States. The new special agent in charge of the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) division in Washington, Jarod Forget, is a veteran with experience fighting the Mexican cartels.
Forget spent several years working in the DEA office in Guadalajara, one of the 10 offices that the agency has deployed in Mexico, where he was able to combat Mexican drug traffickers such as Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, El Mencho, and Joaquín, El Chapo, Guzmán, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2019 in the United States.
From Guadalajara, Forget led many high-profile police operations against the “most notorious and ruthless drug cartels in Mexico,” such as the Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación cartels.
“Special Agent in Charge Forget brings with him a wealth of experience, knowledge and skill that will greatly benefit the Washington division and the local community,” said Acting DEA Director Timothy Shea.
The new head of the DEA in the US capital has led many law enforcement operations worldwide, for example, he has worked to dismantle violent international drug trafficking organizations.
It has also broken up some Chinese and Mexican illicit opioid trafficking organizations and established collaborative strike forces to combat community problems on US soil, such as violent crime and opioids themselves, the DEA detailed.
Throughout his career, Forget has also held leadership positions in the Miami division, the Office of Professional Responsibility and the Washington division itself, which he is now tasked with leading. Before taking the reins of the DEA in the capital, he established a new Task Force Against Heroin Violent Crime in the area.
After the appointment, made a few days after the change of administration between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the special agent will be responsible for the offices and mission of the DEA in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
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