US Hails NDLEA for Dismantling Mexican Meth Labs

The United States praised Nigeria’s NDLEA for dismantling four methamphetamine laboratories linked to Mexican drug cartels in 2026. During a visit to the agency’s Abuja headquarters on October 20, US official Michael Gonzales commended the intelligence work, inter-agency coordination and international cooperation behind the operations. He warned that increased pressure on cartels in the Western Hemisphere could shift trafficking routes toward Africa and urged continued investigations into criminal networks’ finances. NDLEA chief Mohamed Buba Marwa described the partnership with the United States as a shared investment in both countries’ security.