:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/MI2E3IPWERBTBNN5DBEUGWUVAA.jpg "DEA indicts over 150 Sinaloa cartel members for trafficking fentanyl to Arizona")
There Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA, for its acronym in English) reported having charged more than 150 members of the Sinaloa cartel after a three-year investigation in Arizona, UNITED STATES.
They capture a subject who was transporting over 500 packs of methamphetamine to Sonora
In recent weeks, people have been linked to using national highways to traffic this type of drug.
In a statement, the DEA underline Sinaloa Cartel as responsible for almost all of the deadly narcotics that arrive in the border state with Sound.
“To date, over 150 people have been charged and investigators have seized over 4.5 million fake fentanyl pills, 66 kilograms (Kg) of fentanyl powder, 138 kg of cocaine, 3,100 pounds of methamphetamine , 35 kg of heroin, 49 firearms and more than 2 million dollars,” the US Department of Drugs said.
The Sinaloa Cartel’s Sophisticated Laboratories That Are in the Crosshairs of the United States
Unlike the clandestine laboratories of organized crime, these centers show great progress in the preparation and production of fentanyl and methamphetamine
The investigation of the DEA was developed in collaboration with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and the Tempe Police Department and he specifies that “the narcotics seized (…) are valued at more than 13 million dollars. The fentanyl seized represents more than 30 million potentially lethal doses.
There Drug Enforcement Administration reiterated its intentions to “defeat” the Sinaloa Cartel you all Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), which continue to “drive drug addiction and poisoning into communities across the country, threatening the safety and health of Americans.”
One by one, the DEA’s accusations in Mexico for the lack of results in the fight against fentanyl
Last Wednesday, February 15, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing to discuss fentanyl trafficking.
“Arizona DEA is laser focused on the Sinaloa Drug Cartel. We won’t stop,” said Cheri Oz, Special Agent in Charge of DEA. “This investigation is a testament to our strong partnerships that allow us to gain the necessary advantage over these diabolical criminal networks.”
For his part, the Attorney General Kris Mayes assured that there are very few people of his condition, even of all UNITED STATES who have not been touched in any way”by the scourge of the opioid epidemic and the fentanyl crisis”.
According to DEA“Fentanyl is the deadliest threat facing” the United States and most of it is introduced into North American territory through the Sinaloa Cartels y CJNGwho “mass-produce the drug in secret laboratories in Mexico with chemicals coming largely from China”.
He Fentanyl is a highly addictive artificial opioid. and only milligrams of this drug, the small amount that fits in the tip of a pencil, according to the DEAis considered a lethal dose.
The Anti-Narcotics Department has warned its citizens never to take a pill that their doctor did not directly prescribe or a “friend’s pill” because just one of them can be deadly, as groups organized criminals mass-produce them. fake pills to make them look like prescription drugs Oxycontin, Hydrocodone, Percocet, Xanax y Adderall.
“They also hide fentanyl on other drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin. Any illicit fentanyl, regardless of color, shape or size, is dangerous and can be fatal.”
In 2022, the DEA seized over 22 million fake prescription drugs containing fentanyl, 500 kg of fentanylover 45 kg of methamphetamine, as well as over 1,400 kg of cocaine and over 181 kg of heroin.
The DEA requested on February 15 president of mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador“do more” against the Sinaloa Cartel and the CJNG for him fentanyl trafficking to the United Stateswhile holding them responsible for the thousands of deaths that occur on North American territory.
“We believe that Mexico he needs to do more to stop the damage. These two Mexican cartels, Sinaloa and Jalisco, dominate the global fentanyl supply chain,” DEA Director Anne Milgram noted during a Senate appearance.