Fentanyl has caused great damage in the United States, which is why Mexican and American authorities are making efforts to combat its trafficking, achieving major blows to organized crime, the latest at the San Ysidro checkpoint, when a person was trying to cross the border. with thousands of pills hidden in his car.
Agents from the Customs and Border Protection Service (CBP) were alerted by a canine element that something was not right with a vehicle that was trying to cross from Mexico to the United States, so they subjected the unit to a more intense inspection.
When they opened the glove compartment of the unit they found several bags with blue pills distributed on the dashboard of the car, the product had also been hidden in the front seats. Around 561,000 pills were removedwith a weight that exceeds 57 kilograms.
After analyzing what was seized, it was determined that it was fentanyl, The amount seized has a value of 11.2 million dollarsaccording to the weekly newspaper Zeta.
“Fentanyl is a very lethal drug that continues to be detected along our southern border. “I am very proud of the exceptional work of our officers who skillfully intercept illicit narcotics on a daily basis,” stated Mariza Marin, Director of the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
This blow to organized crime is part of the Operation Apolloa regional strategy deployed along the border with Mexico, in which federal, state and local agents participate, seeking to combat the entry of drugs through international bridges where thousands of people cross daily.
With this strategy, strong blows have been dealt to organized crime, on February 18 CBP agents discovered the largest shipment of methamphetamine in historyat the border crossing between Piedras Negras, Coahuila, and Eagle Pass, Texas.
That seizure was valued at 117 million dollars, it involved 6.5 tons of drugs, which could have caused the death of hundreds of thousands of people due to overdose.
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