Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — Fentanyl, made with chemicals from Asia and manufactured by the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels in Mexico, has flooded the streets of the U.S., and is now extracting a toll on Mexican citizens. Local leaders in Juarez say the city is not prepared to cope with widespread consumption of fentanyl, which is cheaper than heroin. The Chihuahua state police Chief of Staff authorities have seized more than 263,000 pills in the past year and “dismantled” three fentanyl labs in Juarez and in the mountains of southern and western Chihuahua. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seized more than 34 tons of fentanyl in the Southwestern border since 2022.
