Border Patrol Seized Nearly $100M Worth of Drugs In a Weekend

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The United States Border Patrol had “another weekend of hard work”, USBP Chief Raul Ortiz tweeted on Monday.

Over the weekend, border patrol brokers seized greater than $97 million price of narcotics. Ortiz didn’t specify which forms of narcotics had been seized, however widespread narcotics crossing the border embody heroin and fentanyl, a harmful artificial substance that’s outlined as being 50 to 100 occasions stronger than morphine, in response to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Border patrol businesses have seen a rise within the quantity of fentanyl crossing the border since President Joe Biden eased border restrictions earlier this 12 months. According to a New York Post article, after border restrictions had been eased, border patrol businesses started experiencing “dramatic increases in single adults” trying to cross the border in addition to a rise in migrants smuggling medication throughout the border.

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US-Mexico Border with assorted pills
A Border Patrol officer sits inside his automobile as he guards the US/Mexico border fence, in Nogales, Arizona, on February 9, 2019. In inset, A bag of various capsules and prescribed drugs dropped off for disposal is displayed in the course of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) twentieth National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at Watts Healthcare on April 24, 2021, in Los Angeles, California.Over the weekend, border patrol brokers seized greater than $97 million price of narcotics.
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Fentanyl is very addictive and might trigger dying if the consumer overdoses or if the drug is combined with different substances resembling alcohol or heroin. Ortiz’s announcement comes simply 10 days after Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol seized 25 kilos of liquid fentanyl in Texas, which totaled $1.8 million. The fentanyl was sufficient to kill 5.665 million folks, in response to a tweet from chief patrol agent Gloria Chavez.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott and different Republican politicians have repeatedly slammed Biden and his administration for failing to guard the U.S.-Mexico border as a rise of narcotics and artificial medication like fentanyl make their means into the United States. Shortly after Biden took workplace, the White House revealed a webpage that stated the Biden administration was “working to rebuild our immigration system after four years of chaos and mismanagement,” however the president has been hotly criticized for what Republicans are calling a “border crisis”.

The longest stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border is in Texas. Abbott has lengthy criticized Biden for not performing strongly sufficient and he and different Republicans have tried to show their level by busing immigrants to Washington, D.C., or flying them to Martha’s Vineyard in Delaware.

According to Ortiz, along with the almost $100 million price of narcotics, the USBP additionally seized 4 firearms, certainly one of which was recognized as stolen; encountered three gang members, two intercourse offenders, two murderers and two folks with warrants. Ortiz additionally introduced there had been one damage to a toddler however did not present any extra particulars.

Other medication usually crossing the Mexico border embody cocaine, marijuana, meth and heroin.

Newsweek reached out to the United States Border Patrol for remark.

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