The Feds are usually excellent at tracking suspected drug mules.  But boy, did they mess this one up. 

A man working with and cooperating with the DEA and other federal agents after he was busted carrying enough fentanyl to kill 25 million people (not a misprint) has escaped their watch. 

They can’t find him. 

This summer, a Colorado state trooper spotted David Maldonado weaving in and out of traffic on a freeway outside Denver.  When he searched the 27-year-old’s car, he found something disturbing. According to court records, the dude was carrying 114 pounds of fentanyl.  The powder was packaged in 48 bags and stashed under the car’s floorboards. 

An absolutely fantastic job by the trooper getting this creep apprehended. 

After the arrest, Maldonado agreed to work with the feds and carry out the delivery to South Bend, Indiana.  He had a tracking device on his car, and the idea was that the DEA would apprehend bigger criminal fish. According to NBC, Maldonado took off the tracking device the next day, and the agents lost him. 

The good news is that all the fentanyl stayed with the authorities. 

The State Patrol of Colorado issued a statement making sure everyone knows who screwed up on this. 

“DEA was working with us, and they made a deal with the driver. He ran on them after they worked the case, and that was their debacle. This is a fiasco for the DEA.”

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