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Gary Hale

Former Drug Enforcement Administration Houston Field Division intelligence chief

Gary Hale is the nonresident fellow in drug policy and Mexico studies at Rice University's Baker Institute. From 2000 to 2010, he held the position of chief of intelligence in the Houston Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, from which he retired in July 2010.

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Law and Order

Arrest of Mexican kingpin "El Chapo" won't slow Texas drug trade

By Gary Hale, Tony Payan and Nathan Jones, Jan. 29, 2016

Until Mexico develops a new law enforcement model to combat the drug cartels, the arrest of drug kingpins such as Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán will make little to no difference to drug trafficking in Texas and across the United States.