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Latin Times
Latin Times
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Alicia Civita

$6.5 Billion Drug Bust Exposes Mexico's Role in Global Meth and Fentanyl Crisis

Interpol has announced a record seizure of synthetic drugs worth an estimated $6.5 billion in a sweeping operation that stretched across Asia and North America. The crackdown, called Lionfish-Mayag III, not only exposed the scale of methamphetamine trafficking worldwide but also highlighted Mexico's central role in the booming trade of meth and fentanyl that is fueling record overdoses in the United States.

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