AMLO slams US 'spying' after traffickers charged

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-cartel-violence-drugs-lopez-obrador-0151fa0f418c62aac1738fbffefec8b5

AMLO continues to insist that fentanyl is not produced in Mexico, and it is a US problem. A couple excerpts from the AP article.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president lashed out Monday at what he called U.S. “spying” and “interference” in Mexico, days after U.S. prosecutors announced charges against 28 members of the Sinaloa cartel for smuggling massive amounts of fentanyl into the United States.

López Obrador own administration has acknowledged finding dozens of labs where fentanyl is produced in Mexico from Chinese precursor chemicals, mainly in the northern state of Sinaloa.

Most illegal fentanyl is pressed by Mexican cartels into counterfeit pills made to look like other medications like Xanax, oxycodone, or mixed into other drugs, including heroin and cocaine. Many people who die of overdoses in the United States do not know they are taking fentanyl.

There is a president south of the United States that is not the sharpest tack in the box.