China has rolled back cooperation in stemming the lethal drug’s flow into US in response to Washington’s criticism and policies.
With key assistance from China, Mexico is keeping at crisis level the flow of fentanyl into the United States.
At least 70,000 Americans, mostly between the ages of 18 and 35, have died after ingesting fentanyl pills so far this year. That’s close to the 71,000 dead out of more than 100,000 drug fatalities in 2021 and a big jump from 57,000 deaths the year before. Millions of pills have illicitly passed through the US southern border in recent years.
Read more at “The fentanyl wars: China, Mexico and the US”