Exclusive: The DHS has ramped up its effort to stop fentanyl and the chemicals used to make it from entering the U.S. by tracing cryptocurrency used by Mexican cartels, according to two U.S. officials involved in the strategy.
and the chemicals used to make it from entering the U.S. by tracing cryptocurrency used by Mexican cartels, according to two U.S. officials involved in the strategy.
Mexican officials burn thousands of pounds of drugs, including tens of thousands of counterfeit fentanyl pills, near Tijuana in July 2022.Although the chemicals are controlled substances in China, it remains the largest supplier of precursor chemicals. Fentanyl is now the No. 1 killer of Americans aged 18 to 45, according to Families Against Fentanyl, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it claims the lives of more than 70,000 Americans each year.
Under increasing pressure to take action by families who have lost loved ones and Republicans who blame the Biden administration’s border policy,to stop the manufacture and distribution of fentanyl.
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