Mexican Cartels Targeting Montana With Fentanyl Because of High Profits: Officials

A package of seized fentanyl in the evidence room of the Pinal County Sheriff’s Department in Florence, Ariz., on Nov. 12, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

Mexican drug cartels crossing the southern border are targeting the state of Montana with fentanyl because there are “tremendous profits” to be made there, according to officials.

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen told Fox News that the number of fentanyl deaths in the state has been drastically increasing since 2020 and that intelligence has shown that drug cartels from Mexico have been specifically targeting Montana to bolster their profits.