The new special agent in charge of the DEA (Drug Control Administration) division in Washington, DC, Jarod Oblida, Is an experienced veteran fighting Mexican cartels.
Forget spent several years working in the DEA office in Guadalajara, one of the 10 offices the agency has deployed in Mexico, where he was able to fight Mexican drug traffickers such as Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the Mencho, and Joaquim, 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 cartels of Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation.
“Special Agent in charge of Forget brings with it great experience, knowledge and ability that will greatly benefit the Washington division and the local community,” said DEA interim director Timothy Shea.
The new DEA manager in the U.S. capital has led many law enforcement operations worldwide, for example, he has worked to dismantle violent international organizations engaged in drug trafficking.
It has also dismantled some illicit opioid trafficking organizations in China and Mexico, and established collaborative attack forces to combat community problems in U.S. territory, such as violent crime and opioids themselves, the DEA said.
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 directing. Before taking the reins of the DEA in the capital, he established a new Task Force against Violent Crime with Heroin in the area.
Following 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 DEA offices and mission in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.
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