Andres Manuel López Obrador, the president of Mexico, responded to criticism from the United States of his record in combating the deadly narcotic by claiming that more synthetic opioid fentanyl enters directly into the United States and Canada than Mexico.
Powerful opioid fentanyl is to blame for the rise in drug overdoses in the United States, and some Republican legislators have pushed Washington to approve the use of military force in Mexico to subdue the country’s drug cartels.
Fentanyl Smuggling
The great bulk of the fentanyl that entered the United States was brought in by the Sinaloa Cartel and its competitor, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, according to US Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram, testified before US legislators last month.
At a press conference, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador clarified that Mexico was not the country that brought the majority of fentanyl into the United States.
Lopez Obrador claimed that Mexican officials had informed him that only blue fentanyl pills had been discovered in Mexico. Lopez Obrador has reacted angrily to suggestions that the United States could intervene in Mexico.
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Mexico Admits Fentanyl Manufacturing
Yet, Lopez Obrador claimed there was some sort of fentanyl manufacturing in Mexico after the government earlier this week said it had no record of production. Lopez Obrador has attacked American attempts to combat American drug traffickers.
López Obrador responded “yes” when asked if the nation had fentanyl production facilities, but he added that the raw components used to create the narcotic were imported from China.
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