The Justice Department has charged over two dozen members of the Mexico-based Sinaloa cartel, including top leaders, for their alleged roles in the illicit fentanyl supply chain.
supply chain after a lengthy and sprawling investigation into a problem that is killing tens of thousands of Americans and remains a thorn in the White House’s side.
Charges filed Friday in New York, Illinois and D.C. allege drug, money laundering and gun offenses and target Mexican criminal traffickers who manufacture , often with the use of Chinese precursor chemicals, before distributing them in the U.S. with deadly results.“This is one of the most significant groupings of-focused criminal charges ever brought,” White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the charges as President Biden faces intense pressure to lean on Mexico and crack down on the flow of deadly synthetic opioids that are far more powerful than heroin and often kill those who use them. Some Republicans want to label the cartels as terrorists or authorize the use of U.S. military force against them.
Mexican officials visited Washington this week to discuss drug enforcement with the U.S. side even as Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador suggests publicly that
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