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Mexiko. Cartel: Fentanyl’s deadly surge - Inside the daunting hunt for the ingredients of fentanyl and meth
Mexiko. Cartel: Fentanyl’s deadly surge - Inside the daunting hunt for the ingredients of fentanyl and meth
(…) Cartels are increasingly manufacturing drugs entirely from chemicals, rather than relying on plants. If Mexico’s kingpins once owed their fortunes to rural fiefdoms of marijuana and heroin poppy, they now depend on a stream of chemicals, many of them arriving from China. Seaports, airports and postal facilities are critical. (Washington Post, 13.12.2022)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2022/precursor-chemicals-fentanyl-meth/