Immigration experts say that the impending end of Title 42 immigration enforcement will serve to benefit cartel drug and child trafficking operations at the expense of Americans. Lora Ries, a veteran of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told the Epoch Times that the coming influx of illegal immigrants will strip critical tools from Border…
IN-DEPTH: Cartels Stand to Win Big When Title 42 Ends, Immigration Experts Say
Arizona County Sheriff Expecting Surge in Human Smuggling, Drug Trafficking With End of Title 42
May 10, 2023
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FLORENCE, Ariz.—A southern Arizona county sheriff said he expects illegal U.S.-Mexico border crossings, drug, and human smuggling to increase “exponentially” following the end of Title 42. “While there is certainly an influx of people, this has been a disaster for a while,” Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb said in an interview with The Epoch Times…
Drug Poisoning Victims’ Families Demand Legislative Action on National Fentanyl Awareness Day
May 10, 2023
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Protesters gathered in front of California Sen. Toni Atkins’s (D-San Diego) office in San Diego on May 9—National Fentanyl Awareness Day—requesting the majority leader take a bipartisan fentanyl bill to the floor for a vote. Family members wearing t-shirts and carrying pictures of their deceased loved ones joined with advocacy groups in a unified call…
Concentration of Power in California Committee Chairs is Anti-Democratic: Lawmakers
May 9, 2023
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Rule changes made in 2019 giving the chair of California Assembly committees power to vet bills and prevent them from being heard by the legislature is a danger to the legislative process, according to state lawmakers. “It’s anti-democratic,” Assemblyman James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) told The Epoch Times. “If not all the bills are really getting…
12 Federal Cases Filed Against Fentanyl Dealers Who Allegedly Caused Overdose Deaths
May 9, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—Law enforcement officials on May 9 announced a dozen new federal cases targeting fentanyl dealers who—in all but one case—allegedly sold fentanyl and fake pills containing fentanyl that directly resulted in the death of at least one victim. The 12th case charges a person who allegedly distributed fentanyl to teenage girls who suffered overdoses…
US Sanctions Additional Sinaloa Cartel Members for Alleged Role in Illicit Fentanyl Trade
The United States announced on May 9 it has sanctioned four members of the Sinaloa Cartel—including the son of druglord “El Chapo”—for their alleged role in illicit trade of fentanyl and other drugs. The U.S. Treasury Department also announced it has sanctioned two Mexico-based companies. Financial sanctions were levied against JoaquÍn Guzmán López, Saúl Páez López,…
Mexico Intercepts Fentanyl Packages From China
Mexico is now seizing illegal fentanyl shipped from China. If not stopped, the chemicals could get smuggled across the southern border. The drug has already killed record numbers of Americans. Beijing already stopped cooperating with the United States on combating fentanyl after former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. Topics in this episode: Mexico Intercepts…
Orange County Man Gets 20 Years in Prison for Selling Fentanyl That Killed 2
May 5, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—An Orange County man was sentenced May 5 to 20 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the overdose deaths of two victims—one in Aliso Viejo, the other in Utah—within six weeks of each other. Jason Soheili, 28, of Laguna Hills, pleaded guilty in December in Los Angeles to two counts…
Nearly 300 Arrested in Dark Web Fentanyl Crackdown
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) officials announced the arrests of nearly 300 suspects as part of the international crackdown on fentanyl and opioid trafficking on the dark web that the authorities described as the most extensive investigation of its kind. The operation, dubbed Operation SpecTor, spanned more than a year and was conducted in nine countries across…
LIVE 10:41 AM ET: Garland, FBI Announce on Fentanyl, Opiod Operation
May 2, 2023
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Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate hold a press conference at 10:30 a.m. ET on May 2 to announce the results of the largest international law enforcement operation targeting fentanyl and opioid traffickers on the Darknet. DEA Deputy Administrator Louis J. Milione, IRS-CI Chief Jim Lee, Chief Postal Inspector Gary R….
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