Fentanyl

Mexican forces only seized 286 pounds of the opioid in the first half of the year, a 94% year-on-year decrease

Chinese chemical firms have done minor adjustments to evade scrutiny and largely resumed their activities as the U.S. continues grappling with the opioid epidemic

The decision is aimed at fighting fentanyl smuggling, his office said.

Between 2007 and 2019, fatal overdoses among Latinos from opioids mixed with cocaine rose 729%. They have risen 4,600% when mixed with methamphetamines

State lawmakers claim troops are needed to address migrant smuggling and fentanyl trafficking in the area

The blunt admission came as visiting US officials called for a "more agile" joint approach to combating drug trafficking by powerful Mexican cartels.

A report showed that Beijing is subsidizing the manufacturing of materials used to produce the lethal opioid

Christopher Wray added that the Mexican response to the issue has been a "mixed bag"

InSight Crime detailed how the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel are cracking down on fentanyl production amid government pressure

Montana has increasingly established itself as a hub for drug trafficking, in major part due to its vast territory and prominent Indian reservations, reports NBC

The trip comes amid the U.S. Treasury Department's announcement of a "counter-fentanyl strike force," as "combatting the flow of deadly fentanyl into communities across the United States is a top priority for President Biden as well as the Treasury Department."

The cartel has been accused of playing a key role in the trafficking of fentanyl across the U.S. southern border

According to a report by InSight Crime, there was a 90 percent spike in seizures during the latest fiscal year

This is the first time the authorities in the country are making an arrest linked with fentanyl, which has reportedly been the reason for several overdose deaths in the U.S.

The two issues are at the top of Biden's domestic agenda as he seeks reelection in next year's elections

US President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will meet Friday in San Francisco to discuss the fentanyl and migration crises that straddle their shared border.

Chuck Schumer is the latest high-level American official to visit China as Washington seeks to ease tensions with Beijing.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas began their Mexico meetings with a visit to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Mexico repeats on this list, issued on the same day this country extradited a son of major drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán to the US

The crackdown came months after a UCLA team said pharmacies were selling pills to foreigners without prescriptions, and the U.S. State Department urged people to exercise caution while purchasing medication in Mexico.

Two teenagers and a child overdosed on fentanyl in March and were discovered dead by police with froth flowing from their lips are among the deceased.

Sons of El Chapo are among members of Sinaloa cartel charged in the U.S in connection with supplying fentanyl to America.

Six months ago, the artist was discovered unconscious on the LA bathroom floor of a friend's home. He was 59.

Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wrote to China's Xi Jinping for help in curbing fentanyl production.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador stressed that Mexico was not the country that brought the majority of fentanyl into the United States.

A 57-year-old art teacher has reportedly been arrested after he overdosed himself in front of students back in November 2022.

Around 660 pounds (300 kilograms) of fentanyl pills were found packed inside coconuts in a truck in Mexico.

Several people were killed after an armed group sparked a firefight with police after they attacked a police station in the north-central state of Guanajuato on Sunday.

A large amount of narcotics and illegal firearms that were seized by the FBI in Ballard, Seattle last month has been linked to a Mexican drug cartel.

Carlos Martin Quintana-Arias faces 108 months imprisonment following the largest seizure of methamphetamine and fentanyl in a trailer trying to enter the U.S. from the Otay Mesa Port.