CHICAGO (AP) — The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Chicago division, who has been outspoken about the growing influence of Mexican cartels in the American heartland, is leaving to take one of the agency’s top posts in Washington, D.C., a DEA official said Tuesday.
Jack Riley, 56, has been named the DEA’s new chief of operations — considered the federal agency’s No. 3 position — and will oversee all agency activities within the U.S. and internationally, Rusty Payne, a spokesman with the DEA in Washington, told The Associated Press.
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