DEA's claims of busting high-level Sinaloa Cartel members in New England were deceptive, Globe investigation finds

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration claimed it arrested more than a hundred Sinaloa drug cartel members in New England this summer.

But the Boston Globe's Spotlight team found the operation mostly caught low-level offenders and people in the throes of addiction.

Spotlight editor Brendan McCarthy joins WBUR's Morning Edition.