:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/BEL5QQQY6BAJBLQR2PDHQOAEN4.jpg "'An American Dies Every Five Minutes': DEA Demands Mexico 'Do More' Against Fentanyl 1")
The United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) on Wednesday called on the Mexican government to “Do more» against the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG), whom he blames for the thousands of fentanyl overdose deaths in the United States.
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Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than morphine and mixed with other drugs to enhance its effect, is manufactured in Mexico from precursors imported from China and then smuggled into the United States.
“We believe Mexico needs to do more to stop the damage that is being done. These two Mexican cartels, the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels, dominate the global fentanyl supply chain.remarked the DEA director, Anne Milgramduring an appearance before the Senate.
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Milgram criticized Mexico for not sharing enough information with the United States about the seizure of fentanyl and its precursors.does not crack down on clandestine drug labs enough and does not extradite enough drug traffickers.
According to the DEA, the Sinaloa cartel it operates in at least 19 of Mexico’s 32 states, while the CJNG does so in 23 regions.
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For this reason, Milgram urged the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador to establish as its “higher priority” defeat both organizations, as Mexico already did with the Zetas in its fight against this cartel between 2012 and 2015.
“We want Mexico to do the same as before“, he claimed.
DEA director sets New York trial as example to follow against former Mexican Security Secretary Genaro García Luna, accused by the United States of collaborating with the Sinaloa cartel.
“In particular, we want Mexico to arrest and extradite more people to the United States.Milgram explained.
Mexico and the DEA have had strained relations since López Obrador promoted a reform in 2020 that limited the presence of US agents on Mexican territory.
For its part, Todd Robinsonhead of the State Department’s anti-drug bureau, was more conciliatory during the assertion before the Senate on Wednesday than in the conversations he had with the neighboring country”Mexico has expressed its willingness to do more”.
“What we have asked Mexico is to invest more resources in this effort.“, explained the diplomat.
This is a question that was raised by the President of the United States, Joe Bidento López Obrador at the Summit of North American Leaders held last January in Mexico City.
According Rahul GuptaWhite House Drug Policy Director, America is Suffering”the biggest drug crisisin history, with 107,000 overdose deaths last year.
“An American dies every five minutes. This is unacceptable“, he claimed.
Fentanyl seizures in Mexico since the beginning of the presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) in December 2018, exceed by one thousand percent those of the previous equivalent period.
“Fentanyl is 1,079% more than what we had in the attacks of the previous administration. So a total of 6,273 kilograms of fentanyl is being made, considering what has been done so far this year, or 168 kilograms,” army chief Luis Cresencio Sandoval said in January.