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US launches prosecutions of Chinese companies on charges of trafficking fentanyl ingredients
The U.S. Justice Department filed criminal charges on Friday against four Chinese companies and eight individuals for allegedly trafficking the chemicals used to make the highly addictive painkiller fentanyl in the United States and Mexico.
Fentanyl Overdose Death Arrest
On Monday, September 26, 2022, Deputies responded to the 46900 block of State Highway 74, Palm Desert, CA, Riverside County, regarding a deceased 30-year-old male.
El Chapo’s son, Sinaloa members face sanctions over fentanyl
The United States on Tuesday sanctioned a son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, three members of the powerful Sinaloa cartel and two Mexican-based firms, alleging they trafficked fentanyl and other drugs into the U.S.
‘El Chapo’ sons charged with smuggling cheap fentanyl to US
With Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán serving a life sentence, his sons steered the family business into fentanyl, establishing a network of labs churning out massive quantities of the cheap, deadly drug that they smuggled into the U.S., prosecutors revealed in a recent indictment.
An emerging threat: Drug mix of xylazine, fentanyl
The U.S. has named a veterinary tranquilizer as an “emerging threat” when it’s mixed with the powerful opioid fentanyl, clearing the way for more efforts to stop the spread of xylazine.
