DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The United States’ Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has closed its office at the US Embassy until further notice. The story made international media headlines.

While the physical office is shut down, bilateral anti-drug cooperation remains active. The US Embassy explicitly has stated that the fight against narco-terrorism will continue at the same “robust pace” through other channels (such as the Miami and Puerto Rico field offices) while the internal investigation is conducted.

To corroborating the continuing drug trafficking operations of DEA agents in the DR, the National Drug Control Agency reported that in the early hours of Sunday, 15 February 2026 the largest narcotics seizure in the history of the Dominican Republic’s fight against organized crime was carried out in the waters south of Baní, carried out in close tactical coordination with United States authorities. The cargo...