US fentanyl sales fueling Mexican cartel war; more guns, drugs seized at border

Already this year, 足りる フェンタニル has been seized at the U.S.–Mexico border to kill more than 700 百万人.

One kilogram, just over two pounds, of fentanyl has the potential to kill 500,000 人, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

以上 3,569 pounds of the deadly drug has already been seized this fiscal year, and the number is expected to grow, according to the CBP Office of Field Operations.

At the Port of Nogales in アリゾナ, agents have seen a massive increase in people trying to smuggle the drug into the United States, said Michael Humphries, Nogales Area port director for the CBP Office of Field Operations.