Posters with images of detained individuals and seized firearms are displayed at the Department of Justice in Washington on May 6, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced on Aug. 18 a new U.S.–Mexico collaboration on the southern border against cartels responsible for trafficking lethal synthetic drugs into the United States.
The DEA has launched a training and collaboration program called “Project Gatekeeper” at one of its intelligence centers on the southwest border, which will last several weeks. According to the agency, the primary objective is to dismantle the cartel “gatekeepers” who control smuggling corridors along the southwest border.
