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---
title: DEA
aliases:
- DEA
- Drug Enforcement Administration
created: 2026-05-17
updated: 2026-05-17
category: "U.S. Government"
tags:
- Organization
- Law_Enforcement
- United_States
- LawEnforcement
- UnitedStates
- 1980s
- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
summary: The Drug Enforcement Administration was the principal federal anti-narcotics agency that possessed extensive knowledge of Danilo Blandón's cocaine trafficking as early as 1981 yet took no action while he received U.S. political asylum.
start: 1973
- DarkAllianceInvestigation
summary: "The Drug Enforcement Administration was the principal federal anti-narcotics agency that possessed extensive knowledge of Danilo Blandón's cocaine trafficking as early as 1981 yet took no action while he received U.S. political asylum."
start: 1973-07-01
location: "Arlington, Virginia"
---
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a branch of the [[Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]] and the principal federal agency responsible for enforcement of anti-drug laws.[^3] It is the successor to the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD). During the Contra war, multiple DEA agents and offices were involved in or aware of Contra-connected [[cocaine]] trafficking.