WASHINGTON: The United States Justice Department took aim at the four sons of notorious Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman and their Chinese chemical suppliers Friday (Apr 14) in a new crackdown on deadly fentanyl. In five linked cases filed in three federal courts, the Justice Department na
WASHINGTON: The United States Justice Department took aim at the four sons of notorious Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin"El Chapo" Guzman and their Chinese chemical suppliers Friday in a new crackdown on deadly fentanyl.
"The United States government is using every tool at its disposal to combat the fentanyl epidemic," he said.In all 28 people were named in the cases filed in New York, Chicago and Washington, including the four El Chapo sons, Ivan Guzman Salazar, Jesus Guzman Salazar, Joaquin Guzman Lopez and Ovidio Guzman Lopez.
But the new cases describe a brutal cartel viciously expanding its operations and focusing on fentanyl since El Chapo was imprisoned for life in the United States in July 2019. In parallel the US State Department announced US$10 million bounties for the capture of Jesus and Ivan Guzman, and multimillion dollar bounties for several of their henchmen.
Beijing"must stop the unchecked flow of fentanyl precursor chemicals that are coming out of China," said Garland.'A lot easier to overdose ... and die': Experts send warning after first seizure of fentanyl in SingaporeThe synthetic opioid is the main cause of the nearly 102,000 overdose deaths in the country in the 12 months to October 2022.
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