In exchange for delaying tariffs, Trump had insisted that Mexico crack down on cartels, illegal migration and fentanyl production.
Spokane Police Chief Kevin Hall told the U.S. Senate on Wednesday that the economic toll of fentanyl is staggering as China smuggles precursors into Mexico for the cartels to ship north. His testimony followed a news release Tuesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Authorities in northern Mexico have found more than 70 pounds of fentanyl hidden in boxes of sliced cactus, a quintessential Mexican food staple called nopales.
President Donald Trump blames Mexico for fentanyl and other dangerous drugs that come across the southern border.
Plus, the delayed 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada will go into effect on March 4, Trump writes in a Truth Social post that blames all three countries for the US fentanyl problem.
It sure looks like Donald Trump is gearing up to send troops into Mexico to go after those pesky fentanyl-pushing cartels who have been invading America along with illegals.
A Houston woman was sentenced to 36 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl into the United States from Mexico.
We fact-checked a selection of President Trump's Mexico-related remarks made during his speech to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday.
Mexican authorities arrested a man in Sonora transporting a quarter million fentanyl pills in a load of cactus leaves, or nopales.