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The border in your backyard: Mexican cartels fuel record fentanyl, meth busts in Rocky Mountain states

close Video DEA reports dramatic drop in fentanyl pill potency in US Fox News senior correspondent Alicia Acuna reports on the White House’s push to target the global fentanyl supply on ‘Special Report.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) made record seizures in four mountain states last year, most of which were funneled through the southern border by two cartels. In 225, the DEA seized 8,729,000 fentanyl pills and nearly 3,100 pounds of methamphetamine across the four-state mountain region that includes Colorado, Utah, Montana and Wyoming, the agency said in a news release.

The border in your backyard: Mexican cartels fuel record fentanyl, meth busts in Rocky Mountain states

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Key Highlights

  • "These numbers are absolutely staggering.
  • Colorado saw a 76% increase in pill seizures year-over-year.
  • Utah pill seizures doubled.
  • This should not only be a wake-up call, but a jolt to every citizen in our four-state region," said DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Special Agent in Charge David Olesky.
  • CARTEL LEADER ADMITS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CARTEL CRACKDOWN HAS MADE THEIR LIVES DIFFICULT The Drug Enforcement Administration said, "This is the largest one-time seizure of counterfeit pills in Colorado history, and the sixth-largest, single seizure of suspected fentanyl pills in United States history." (DEA) Nationwide, the DEA seized around 47 million pills.
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