Mexico announces largest fentanyl seizure in its history, amid US pressure
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The Mexican government also revealed it had detained thousands of migrants, as it attempts to appease Trump’s border concerns.
Mexico has announced its largest-ever seizure of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, as cross-border pressure mounts for the country to crack down on drug trafficking into the United States.
In a statement on Wednesday, Omar Garcia Harfuch, Mexico’s secretary of security and citizen protection, said the haul came after authorities took “two separate actions” in the coastal state of Sinaloa.
“In Sinaloa, the largest historical seizure of fentanyl was achieved,” Garcia Harfuch explained, saying that “more than a tonne of fentanyl pills” were intercepted.
Two men were also arrested and firearms were confiscated. “These actions will continue until the violence in the state of Sinaloa decreases,” he said.
Separately, the Mexican government also announced it had detained more than 5,200 migrants and asylum seekers a day earlier, on Tuesday, as they headed towards the US border.
