A joint federal and local drug task force seized a record 1.7 million fentanyl pills in mid-December in a sweeping crackdown on illegal drugs entering the United States from Mexico.
“As U.S. overdose deaths reach a devastating new height, claiming a new victim every five minutes, the [federal] Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has revealed a direct link between fentanyl-related overdose deaths and criminal drug networks in Mexico,” the DEA said in a statement.
