{"id":1506544,"date":"2024-12-07T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1506544"},"modified":"2024-12-07T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T09:00:00","slug":"mexican-officials-make-record-fentanyl-seizure-days-after-trump-tariff-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/mexican-officials-make-record-fentanyl-seizure-days-after-trump-tariff-warning\/1506544\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Officials Make Record Fentanyl Seizure Days After Trump Tariff Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mexican Officials Make Record Fentanyl Seizure Days After Trump Tariff Warning<\/span><\/p>\n

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By Jack Phillips of The Epoch Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Mexican security forces said on Dec. 4 that they had made the largest fentanyl seizure in the country\u2019s history, impounding 1,100 kilograms (1.2 tons) of the synthetic opioid in the state of Sinaloa.<\/p>\n

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Mexico\u2019s top security official, Omar Garc\u00eda Harfuch, said<\/a> in a statement that more than a ton of fentanyl was seized by officials in Sinaloa state. Several guns were also seized, and two men were arrested, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an investigation that has been going on for a long time, and yesterday, it gave these results,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said at a press conference on Dec. 4, referring to the fentanyl seizures.<\/p>\n

Violence has worsened recently in Sinaloa, where factions of the Sinaloa Cartel have been engaged in bitter fighting that flared after the capture of kingpin Ismael \u201cEl Mayo\u201d Zambada in July.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese actions will continue until the violence in the state of Sinaloa decreases,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>Harfuch said.<\/p>\n

Sinaloa is home to the powerful drug cartel that bears the same name and was formerly headed by longtime drug lord Joaqu\u00edn \u201cEl Chapo\u201d Guzm\u00e1n, who is currently incarcerated at the ADX Florence federal prison in Colorado.<\/p>\n

Security forces found the fentanyl at two properties in the municipality of Ahome after intelligence work and tip-offs from the public led them to investigate there.<\/p>\n

In one building, law enforcement found 800 kilograms (1,763 pounds) of fentanyl, some precursor chemicals, and four vehicles. In the other, they discovered 11 packages totaling about 300 kg (660 pounds) of fentanyl, as well as precursors, scales, and industrial mixers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador, who handed over power to Sheinbaum in October, repeatedly denied that Mexico was a center for the production of fentanyl despite significant evidence to the contrary.<\/p>\n

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump recently threatened to levy a 25 percent tariff against Mexico and Canada if either country didn\u2019t do enough to curb illegal immigration and fentanyl trafficking into the United States.<\/strong><\/p>\n

His warning prompted a phone conversation with Sheinbaum, with the Mexican president later saying that caravans of migrants will be stopped before they reach the U.S.\u2013Mexico border. However, she denied Trump\u2019s claim last week that the Mexican border was closed down.<\/p>\n

This week, activists and a Mexican agency said<\/a> a migrant caravan heading north was dissolved. <\/strong>The Mexican National Migration Institute denied claims that the agency used deceptive tactics and said it had not received \u201cany complaints\u201d from members of the caravan.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, before several top Canadian officials assured reporters that the country would improve<\/a> its border security with the United States.<\/p>\n

Continue reading at the Epoch Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 12\/06\/2024 – 23:00<\/span><\/p>\n

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