Drug consumption in the United States has been increasing, causing serious problems for the authorities. In fact, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is warning that The main Mexican cartels have taken over drug trafficking in the country and that they are causing a crisis.
In its most recent report, the DEA has focused on two criminal organizations, the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, whom it considers to be the main responsible for the fentanyl epidemic that is affecting more and more people in the United States.
The problem is so big that The DEA assures that the North American country is experiencing the most dangerous and deadly drug crisis has ever faced, and that the center of it is synthetic drugs, since, last year alone, more than 59,000 deaths from opioid overdoses were recorded.
According to his research, These criminal organizations operate extensive supply chains ranging from precursor chemicals to production facilities, then distributing the drugs through a complex network that includes international transporters, corrupt officials, tunnels, shell companies and more.
The report paid special attention to the Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación cartels because, they claim, they have eliminated any competition in the US market.
Even, The DEA assures that the Sinaloa cartel has been trafficking fentanyl since 2012, long before US authorities placed this synthetic drug at the top of their priority list. They also affirm that “Los Chapitos”, that is, the children of Chapo Guzmán, are responsible for having made this illegal substance the main activity of their criminal organization.
What has Mexico responded to the DEA report?
The statements in the DEA document are causing tensions with the Mexican government whose president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has denied that bilateral cooperation is inconsistent and that the entry and deployment of US agents in the Latin American country is being delayed.
In addition, The Mexican president has repeatedly stated that fentanyl is not produced in Mexico and that the country only serves as an intermediary in the long chain of trafficking that, you claim, originates in Asia.
But the US authorities question the customs control and surveillance of the main ports of the Latin American country, they even assure that In reality, it is criminals who control the ports of entry.
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