DEA Stopped Saying 'Mexican Cartel' To 'Appease' Mexico, Recently Retired Agency Officials Say Recently-retired Drug Enforcement Administration officials said that the agency directive to stop using the term "Mexican cartel" came from the Biden administration. The two retired officials said that the Department of Justice (DOJ) took control of the messaging to cool relations with the Mexican government. "They didn't want us to say Mexican cartels," one of the retired officials told the DCNF. "I think