How Fentanyl Producers in Mexico Are Adapting to Challenges
1 day ago · While Mexico’s fentanyl market has not yet fully reached this stage, producers seem to be heading in that direction. The most recent regulatory changes came in August 2024, when China imposed stricter controls on 1-BOC-4-AP and 4-AP, two substances widely used as fentanyl pre-precursors by producers in Sinaloa, according to our interviews and ...
Inside a Sinaloa Cartel Fentanyl Lab in Mexico - The New York …
Dec 29, 2024 · New York Times reporters witnessed the dangerous fentanyl production process inside a secret lab in Culiacán run by Mexico’s most powerful criminal syndicate.
'People will keep dying': Fentanyl crisis grips Mexico's border ... - BBC
Because the opioid is cheap and easy to produce and transport, Mexican drug cartels have begun to cut it into recreational drugs like cocaine. The Mexican border city finds itself in the grip of a...
Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat
Dec 4, 2024 · Mexican authorities have announced what they say is the largest fentanyl bust in the country’s history, with over a ton of the synthetic opioid seized in two raids in the cartel-ridden northern...
Illicit Fentanyl and Drug Smuggling at the U.S.-Mexico Border: An ...
Oct 25, 2023 · If law enforcement agencies working in the U.S. are interdicting illicit fentanyl made in Mexico, it is conclusive that illicit drug substances are being successfully smuggled into the country.
The shadowy ‘brokers’ helping Mexico’s cartels smuggle fentanyl ...
Dec 18, 2024 · Chemical brokers are the supply chiefs of the fentanyl trade, smuggling key ingredients from China to Mexico. Bribes, trickery and violence help them feed the pipeline.
Mexico announces the largest fentanyl seizure in its history. The ...
Dec 5, 2024 · Mexican soldiers and marines have seized over a ton of fentanyl pills in two raids in the north, with officials calling it the biggest catch of the synthetic opioid in the country's history.
Fentanyl use spreads deeper into Mexico, on heels of US epidemic
Feb 20, 2024 · In Mexico's traditional opioid heartlands, fentanyl's rise has been well documented. A 2020 study found 93% of 59 heroin samples collected in Tijuana were laced with the drug.
Fentanyl makes its way into the U.S. from Mexico. Who's smuggling ... - NPR
Aug 8, 2023 · As overdose deaths from fentanyl have soared, we've heard a lot about the dangers of the synthetic drug and how it's flowing across the southern border from Mexico. What we've rarely heard are...
The United States and Mexico Strengthen Together Global Efforts …
The United States and Mexico are working together in this fight, promoting historic cooperation on both sides of the border to stop fentanyl trafficking. We recognize the Government of Mexico’s announcement about the seizure of more than 1,700 kilograms of fentanyl in the first half of 2023.