Posted on 04/06/2020 9:54:17 AM PDT by Zhang Fei
Drug production hit by lack of chemicals
The lockdown has also dried up the supply of imported Chinese chemicals needed to produce synthetic drugs. Prior to the virus outbreak, for example, China's Hubei province was a major exporters of fentanyl, an opioid. But now, Mexico's big Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) drug cartels are lacking the raw materials to produce drugs, as insightcrime.org reports.
According to Mexican weekly Riodoce, Sinaloa boss Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada has therefore hiked the market price for synthetic drugs. It reports that the price for 1 pound (just under half a kilogram) of methamphetamine, a stimulant widely known as crystal meth, has now shot up from 2,500 pesos (€95/$102) to 15,000 pesos.
Getting illegal substances into the United States has become much more difficult, too. "Five days ago was the last time we brought something across the border. Just three kilos," said a smuggler from Mexicali, speaking to blogdelnarco, a platform covering Mexican organized crime. "We have arrangements with border police and our smugglers know which borders posts to use. But now, many crossing have surprisingly been shut. That makes our business much more risky."
Fewer flights, more checks
As many commercial flights have been canceled and air traffic has declined across Latin America, it has now become easier for authorities to spot planes carrying illegal drugs. Several days ago, for example, a light aircraft from Colombia carrying drugs was detected when it crash-landed in Honduras. The plane had been registered as an ambulance aircraft.
The repercussions of the coronavirus lockdown are making it increasingly difficult for Mexican drug cartels to operate, reports insightcrime.org. But the platform also says that "large organizations like CJNG, who operate in many illegal business sectors and regions, are finding it easier to adapt to these challenges and to
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I wish the cartels were being hit with more than just the impact of COVID-19.
https://www.healthline.com/health/krokodil-desomorphine
Well, they could switch to Krokodil(Desomorphine)
Codeine precursor, nasty stuff though
China really is our enemy.
Nothing gets produced there, especially on an industrial level, without the communist party’s approval.
Yeah, it really was, man. And then, man, he went down south, man, and they tried to cut of his hair and his beard, man. And all the time, he was getting stopped and pulled over and asked for his id, man.... Just everywhere he went, he ran into too much recession, man!No, man, you mean he ran into too much repression, man.
Aw, repression, recession, it's all da same thing, man
— Santa Claus And His Old Lady, Cheech & Chong (1971)
Too many in this country are willing to cooperate with the Chinese as long as their pockets are being lined.
Democrats. There, I said it
Sales of dope aka weed have probably jumped since the lockdown. Weed dispensaries are considered essential.
I actually had 2 Z-paks when this thing started because you can buy it OTC in Mexico.
They will go back to old fashioned cocaine.
Which Border Patrol have these smugglers “made arrangements” with? Mexico or U.S.?
Not all of the free traders are Democrats.
This is really going to hurt the DEA’s business model. Also bad for DOJ and the prison business.
I guess they’re making room for those that oppose government tyranny.
True.
Anyone caught smuggling this crap into the United States should be shot to death on the spot and left to rot.
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Here’s to the withdrawals are as bad as the people they’ve been buying from.
“Drug production hit by lack of chemicals The lockdown has also dried up the supply of imported Chinese chemicals needed to produce synthetic drugs.”
that’s because they foolishly relieved upon communist china for critical supplies instead of being self-sufficient ...
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