Mexican Navy seizes 25 tons of fentanyl from China in single raid

A table full of fentanyl and other designer drugs seized by CBP. (Kris Grogan/U.S. Customs and Border Protection) Mexican government authorities reported a seizure of approximately 25.75 tons of powdered fentanyl in the port city of Lázaro Cárdenas, in the western Mexican state of Michoacán — and it came from China. The Secretariat of the Navy of …

DEA head: Mexican cartels are using FENTANYL to kill Americans in record numbers

(Natural News) The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) warned that Mexican cartels are using the opioid fentanyl to kill Americans in record numbers. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram issued this warning during an Aug. 19 interview on “CBS Mornings.” She cited two major drug cartels as the main driving forces behind the majority of fentanyl-related deaths in the …

Lawmakers Ask USDA for Update on Drug Smuggling in Food Imports

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking the Agriculture Department for an update on what it’s doing to investigate drug smuggling in food imports from Mexico. Twenty lawmakers made the request in a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tim Vilsack on Wednesday. The letter, spearheaded by Florida Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, is also signed by 16 Republican …