Arrr, Mexico be the champion of fentanyl production, says the head of the detective service in the land. Aye!
2024-04-24
Arrr mateys, the leader of Mexico's sleuthin' crew be admittin' that our fair land be the top dog in creatin' fentanyl. But the captain of Mexico be swearin' by the Seven Seas that this be nothin' but a load of bilge! Aye, the truth be a slippery fish indeed!
In the language of a 17th century pirate, the head of Mexico’s detective service be acknowledgin' Tuesday that the country be "the champion" of fentanyl production, somethin' that seems to go against what President Andrés Manuel López Obrador be sayin'. López Obrador be swearin' that no fentanyl be made in Mexico, claimin' that Mexican cartels only be pressin' it into pills or addin' finishin' touches.But Felipe de Jesus Gallo, the head of Mexico’s Criminal Investigation Agency, be sayin' that since the 1990s "Mexico has been the champion of methamphetamine production, and now fentanyl." He be speakin' at a U.S.-Mexico conference on synthetic drugs in Mexico City.Experts be agreein' that cartels in Mexico be usin' precursor chemicals from China and India to make the synthetic opioid and smugglin' it into the United States, causin' about 70,000 overdose deaths annually.While fentanyl may not be widely abused in Mexico, methamphetamine addiction be common. Gallo be claimin' that Mexican cartels be producin' meth on an industrial scale in many states throughout the country and exportin' it worldwide.The meth trade be so lucrative and sophisticated now that Mexican meth be sent as far as Hong Kong and Australia, with cartels findin' ways to hide their drug money. The drug production scale in Mexico be massive, with tons of methamphetamine seized by the Navy earlier this year.Fentanyl production be also significant, with a large seizure of fentanyl pills and powdered fentanyl in Culiacan last year. López Obrador, who took office in 2018, be claimin' that Mexicans be culturally immune to drug addiction.