Arthur G.
Wyatt
As Chief of the Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs Section, Mr. Wyatt manages a cadre of federal prosecutors in the United States and stationed overseas who specialize in investigating and prosecuting the most significant international narcotics traffickers and transnational criminal organizations in the world. During his tenure at the helm of NDDS, Mr. Wyatt has led the team that successfully prosecuted Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in the Eastern District of New York; Salvatore Mancuso Gomez, former leader of the Colombian Autodofensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC); Alfredo Beltran Leyva, former leader of the Beltran Leyva cartel, and hundreds of other significant cartel leaders and major traffickers from South American, Mexico, and other parts of the world, as well as money launderers and narco-terrorists. Mr. Wyatt also advises the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice and other federal officials on all matters related to federal narcotics and narco-terrorism law enforcement including criminal and civil litigation, proposed and enacted legislation, and other policy and enforcement issues.
Prior to becoming Chief of NDDS in 2010, Mr. Wyatt served as the Deputy Chief of the Narcotics Section and Chief of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Unit (HIDTA) in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida. The attorneys under his direction specialized in complex, international narcotics investigations, as well as Hobbs Act robbery, drug diversion, and other cases with significant local impact. Mr. Wyatt also served for three years as the DOJ’s Resident Legal Advisor in Colombia, providing counsel and training to the Colombian government as they transitioned from one criminal justice model to another, and as they demobilized their right-wing paramilitary group, the AUC. Mr. Wyatt’s DOJ career has also included service in the Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch, and three years as an AUSA in the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia. During his tenure in the DOJ, Mr. Wyatt’s OPDAT TDY assignments have taken him to Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvador, and several Caribbean countries. In 2020, Mr. Wyatt served as an Intermittent Legal Advisor in Brazil for nine months, assisting the Brazilian government to investigate, sanction and prosecute transnational, financial, and terrorism-related criminal conduct.