The D. E. A. , Drug Enforcement Administration, is the federal agency specializing in the fight against drug trafficking and street violence in collaboration with the Municipal Police or Local Police Officers of the cities of the United States.
The D. E. A. , is headquartered in Virginia, in front of the Pentagon. Its training Academy of agents, is located on the basis of Marine Corps of the United States, in Quantico, Virginia, like the academy of federal agents of the F. B. I.
The budget of the agency is about 2,500 million dollars, with 11,000 employees, of which, more than 5000 are special agents. The D. E. A. , with 21 divisions, 227 offices in the State and 86 offices abroad, distributed in 62 countries.
The D. E. A. , account also with a unit aerea (OA), composed of a fleet of more than 100 aircraft and many other specialized pilots. This unit, has its basis at the airport in Fort Worth in Texas.
THE.A. in Mexico, The
D. E. A. , in coordination with other federal agencies americans, also collaborates with the Government of Mexico in operations against drug trafficking and money laundering. Supports to police institutions mexican, in research that pursuing the arrest and the freezing of assets of the main drug lords in Mexico.
The D. E. has 5 offices in Mexico, located in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Mazatlan, Merida and Monterrey.