Federal authorities arrested 171 suspected members of the Sinaloa drug cartel in New England, including 49 in Massachusetts, and seized drugs, guns, and cash as part of a recent sweep against one of the world’s most formidable criminal organizations, according to a Drug Enforcement Administration official.

Jarod Forget, the DEA special agent in charge for the agency’s New England division, described the Sinaloa cartel as “by far the most dominant drug cartel throughout New England” and is largely responsible for the distribution of fentanyl and other dangerous drugs in the region.

“Essentially anytime we come across fentanyl, methamphetamine, those drugs that are killing most Americans today, more than likely, is coming from that cartel,” Forget said in an interview Thursday.

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