Posted on 10/17/2023 12:41:32 PM PDT by Twotone
Mexico’s notorious Sinaloa cartel, once ruled by now-jailed drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has barred the production of fentanyl — under penalty of death.
The about-face by the narco crew — the main trafficker of the deadly synthetic opioid flooding the US — comes as El Chapo’s kids bow to a mounting law enforcement crackdown on the drug trade, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
The order came from the “Chapitos” — the name for Guzman’s sons, who took over the operation.
“In Sinaloa, the sale, manufacture, transport or any kind of business involving the substance known as fentanyl, including the sale of chemical products for its elaboration, is permanently banned,” said one of several banners hung on billboards and overpasses in Culiacan.
“You have been warned,” the message read. “Sincerely yours, the Chapitos.”
US law enforcement officials are skeptical about the decree, and said the ban is expected to do little to curb the fentanyl trade — and could lead to an increase in heroin and cocaine trafficking.
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Taliban banned opium. (So only they could traffic it...)
what a crock of 5hit
Chapitos sounds like a new kind of snack chip.
These cartels do horrid things to those who cross them.
One of the side effects of pushing fentanyl is that is quickly killing off the Cartel’s customer base.
Last year someone posted a picture on FR of a stray dog in Mexico trotting
down the street holding a human head. The mods removed the picture.
“I don’t want it near schools or kids! Keep it among the coloreds. They’re animals anyway. Let them lose their souls!’’.
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